Health-related quality of life in young survivors of childhood cancer

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2151-2161

  Wengenroth, L ^a   Gianinazzi, M E ^a,b   Rueegg, C S ^a,b   Luer S ^c   Bergstraesser, E ^d   Kuehni, C E ^a   Michel, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Children; Cohort study; Health related quality of life; KIDSCREEN

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; LANGERHANS CELL HISTIOCYTOSIS; LEUKEMIA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIVER TUMOR; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; PARENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PEER GROUP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELAPSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SOLID TUMOR; TREATMENT DURATION; WELLBEING; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGY; REGISTER; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SURVIVOR;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; PEER GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84938992108     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: 15732649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-015-0961-3     Document Type: Article

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