Quality of life in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy in a tertiary care center in Malwa region of Punjab

Indian Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 116-122

  Singh, Harminder ^a,b   Kaur, Kamalpreet ^a,b   Singh Banipal, Raja ^b,c   Singh, Shaminder ^b   Bala, Ritu ^a,b  

^a Departments of Pharmacology   (India)

^b GGS Medical College & Hospital Faridkot   (India)

^c Departments of Radiotherapy and Oncology   (India)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 36; quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901499283     PISSN: 09731075     EISSN: 19983735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.132627     Document Type: Article

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