Open AccessThe Association of Pretreatment Health-Related Quality of Life With Surgical Complications for Patients Undergoing Open Surgical Resection for Colorectal Cancer
Author(s) -
Thomas Anthony,
Linda S. Hynan,
D. Rosen,
Lawrence Kim,
Fiemu E. Nwariaku,
Charlene Jones,
George A. Sarosi
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000094304.17672.6e
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , quality of life (healthcare) , prospective cohort study , comorbidity , context (archaeology) , univariate analysis , cancer , physical therapy , surgery , multivariate analysis , nursing , paleontology , biology
The purpose of this study was to define the association between pretreatment health-related quality of life (HRQL) and surgical complications for patients with colorectal cancer.