Disability, psychological distress and quality of life in relation to cancer diagnosis and cancer type: population-based Australian study of 22,505 cancer survivors and 244,000 people without cancer

Abstract Background Improved survival means that cancer is increasingly becoming a chronic disease. Understanding and improving functional outcomes are critical to optimising survivorship. We quantified physical and mental health-related outcomes in people with versus without cancer, according to ca...

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Main Authors: Grace Joshy, Joanne Thandrayen, Bogda Koczwara, Phyllis Butow, Rebekah Laidsaar-Powell, Nicole Rankin, Karen Canfell, John Stubbs, Paul Grogan, Louise Bailey, Amelia Yazidjoglou, Emily Banks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:BMC Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-020-01830-4