The first author (S.M.G.) is a Fellow in the Department of Urology, University of Michigan, and is supported, in part, by an NIH T32 training grant (NIH 2 T32 DK007782-06).
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Measuring health-related quality of life outcomes in bladder cancer patients using the Bladder Cancer Index (BCI)
Article first published online: 15 MAR 2007
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22556
Copyright © 2007 American Cancer Society
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Gilbert, S. M., Wood, D. P., Dunn, R. L., Weizer, A. Z., Lee, C. T., Montie, J. E. and Wei, J. T. (2007), Measuring health-related quality of life outcomes in bladder cancer patients using the Bladder Cancer Index (BCI). Cancer, 109: 1756–1762. doi: 10.1002/cncr.22556
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The first author (S.M.G.) is a Fellow in the Department of Urology, University of Michigan, and is supported, in part, by an NIH T32 training grant (NIH 2 T32 DK007782-06).
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- Issue published online: 18 APR 2007
- Article first published online: 15 MAR 2007
- Manuscript Accepted: 2 JAN 2007
- Manuscript Revised: 23 DEC 2006
- Manuscript Received: 12 OCT 2006
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