Clinical significance in self-rated HRQoL among survivors after childhood cancer-demonstrated by anchor-based thresholds

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 486-492

  Jervaeus, Anna ^a   Lampic, Claudia ^a   Johansson, Eva ^a   Malmros, Johan ^a,b   Wettergren, Lena ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANCHOR BASED THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CALCULATION; CANCER SURVIVOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KIDSCREEN 27; LEYDIG CELL TUMOR; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; YOUNG ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897005908     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2013.844852     Document Type: Article

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