The Relationship between Social Support and Quality of Life: Evidence from a Prospective Study in Chinese Patients with Esophageal Carcinoma

• Main Authors: Yanjie WANG (Author), Lili ZHU (Author), Fang YUAN (Author), Lixia KANG (Author), Zhen JIA (Author), Dongming CHEN (Author), Ping ZHANG (Author), Zhanchun FENG (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: We aimed to evaluate the levels of social support in patients with postoperative esophageal carcinoma and potential effect of social support on generic and EC-specific quality of life. Methods: Overall, 803 Chinese patients with EC were recruited in the high-incidence region- Linzhou in...