Impact of skeletal complications on patients’ quality of life, mobility, and functional independence
- 8 April 2008
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Supportive Care in Cancer
- Vol. 16 (8) , 879-889
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-008-0418-0
Abstract
Skeletal-related events (SREs) from malignant bone disease cause considerable morbidity and can dramatically reduce patients’ quality of life.Keywords
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