Baseline demographic profile and general health influencing the post-radiotherapy health related quality-of-life in women with gynaecological malignancy treated with pelvic irradiation

Indian Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 186-191

  Sau, Sourav ^a   Chatterjee, Shibram ^a   Saha, Indranil ^a   Sau, Saikat ^b   Roy, Amitava ^a  

^a BURDWAN MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Demographic profile; FACT G; Gynaecological Malignancy; HRQOL; SF 36

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889835259     PISSN: 09731075     EISSN: 19983735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.121540     Document Type: Article

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