Reasons for low quality of life in south Indian cancer patient population: A prospective observational study

Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2-9

  Damodar, G ^a   Gopinath, S ^a   Vijayakumar, S ^a   Rao, A ^b  

^a KAKATIYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MGM Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

breast cancer; cervical cancer; functional scale; Quality of life; stomach cancer; symptom scale; symptomology

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; DIARRHEA; DIET RESTRICTION; DYSPHAGIA; EORTC QLQ BR23 QUESTIONNAIRE; EORTC QLQ C30 QUESTIONNAIRE; EORTC QLQ HANDN35 QUESTIONNAIRE; EORTC QLQ STO22 QUESTIONNAIRE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INDIA; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SPEECH DISORDER; STOMACH CANCER; SWALLOWING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VERY ELDERLY; XEROSTOMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898723246     PISSN: 0250474X     EISSN: 19983743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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