The impact of radiotherapy on quality of life for cancer patients: A longitudinal study

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2479-2487

  Yucel, Birsen ^a   Akkaş, Ebru Atasever ^a   Okur, Yillar ^a   Eren, Ayfer Ay ^a   Eren, Mehmet Fuat ^a   Karapinar, Hanife ^a   Babacan, Nalan Akgül ^a   Kiliçkap, Saadettin ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancer; EORTCQLQ C30 questionnaire; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOSS OF APPETITE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NAUSEA; PELVIS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN CANCER; SKULL CANCER; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; THORAX CANCER; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; VERY ELDERLY; VOMITING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANOREXIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; RADIATION INJURIES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANOREXIA; COMORBIDITY; CONSTIPATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906327596     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-014-2235-y     Document Type: Article

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