Concordance of patient and caregiver reports in evaluating quality of life in patients with malignant gliomas and an assessment of caregiver burden

Neuro-Oncology Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 47-54

  Jacobs, Daniel I ^a,c   Kumthekar, Priya ^a   Stell, Becky V ^a   Grimm, Sean A ^a,d   Rademaker, Alfred W ^a   Rice, Laurie ^a,e   Chandler, James P ^b   Muro, Kenji ^b,f   Marymont, MaryAnne ^a   Helenowski, Irene B ^a   Wagner, Lynne I ^a   Raizer, Jeffrey J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTRAL DUPAGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Bend Memorial Clinic   (United States)

^f ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver; CQOL C; FACT Br; Glioma; QOL

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 84971312300     PISSN: 20542577     EISSN: 20542585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nop/npu004     Document Type: Article

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