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

• Egile Nagusiak: Yanjie WANG (Egilea), Lili ZHU (Egilea), Fang YUAN (Egilea), Lixia KANG (Egilea), Zhen JIA (Egilea), Dongming CHEN (Egilea), Ping ZHANG (Egilea), Zhanchun FENG (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...