Quality of life among breast cancer patients in Malaysia

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1677-1684

  Ganesh, Sri ^a   Lye, Munn Sann ^a   Lau, Fen Nee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b National Cancer Council   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; EORTC; Malaysia; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER STAGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84973135325     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2016.17.4.1677     Document Type: Article

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