Changes in the body image of bone sarcoma survivors following surgical treatment - A qualitative study

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 229-234

  Fauske, Lena ^a   Lorem, Geir ^b   Grov, Ellen K ^c   Bondevik, Hilde ^d  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

body image; bone sarcoma; cancer survivors; late effects; qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRUTCH; DEFORMITY; DISABLED PERSON; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; HERMENEUTICS; HERNIA; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; LEG DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCAR; SEASHORE; SELF ESTEEM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SKINNIER LEG; SOCIAL LIFE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WHEELCHAIR; YOUNG ADULT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BONE NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BODY IMAGE; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOSARCOMA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84957849756     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.24138     Document Type: Article

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