Health-related quality of life in patients with primary brain tumors during and three months after treatment with proton beam therapy | Zendy

Ulrica Langegård | Zendy; Per Fransson | Zendy; Thomas BjörkEriksson | Zendy; Birgitta Johansson | Zendy; Emma OhlssonNevo | Zendy; Katarina Sjövall | Zendy; Karin Ahlberg | Zendy

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Health-related quality of life in patients with primary brain tumors during and three months after treatment with proton beam therapy

Author(s) -

Ulrica Langegård,

Per Fransson,

Thomas BjörkEriksson,

Birgitta Johansson,

Emma OhlssonNevo,

Katarina Sjövall,

Karin Ahlberg

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

technical innovations and patient support in radiation oncology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2405-6324

DOI - 10.1016/j.tipsro.2021.01.004

Subject(s) - medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , comorbidity , depression (economics) , physical therapy , brain tumor , weakness , pediatrics , surgery , psychiatry , nursing , economics , macroeconomics

Highlights• Acute symptoms were common after proton beam therapy among patients with brain tumors. • HRQoL was equally distributed among patients with malignant and benign brain tumors three months after proton beam therapy. • Clinically relevant changes were found in patients with malignant and benign brain tumors treated with proton beam therapy.

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