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Gender impact on quality of life in colorectal cancer survivors

Radiology and Oncology
Volume 59 (2025): Issue 3 (September 2025)
By: Aleksandra Grbic,  Majda Causevic,  Sara Brodaric,  Mojca Birk and  Irena Oblak  
Open Access
|Apr 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2025-0023 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
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Language: English
Page range: 457 - 465
Submitted on: Nov 1, 2024
Accepted on: Feb 22, 2025
Published on: Apr 11, 2025
Published by: Association of Radiology and Oncology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
gender,
quality of life,
late effects,
colorectal cancer
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Internal medicine,
Haematology, oncology,
Radiology

© 2025 Aleksandra Grbic, Majda Causevic, Sara Brodaric, Mojca Birk, Irena Oblak, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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