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Health Related Quality of Life Measurements in Bladder Cancer Survivorship

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Health related quality of life measurements are central to gaining a validated assessment of bladder cancer patients. This chapter examines health related quality of life measurements in Bladder Cancer Survivorship.

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Goonewardene, S.S., Persad, R., Motiwala, H., Albala, D. (2020). Health Related Quality of Life Measurements in Bladder Cancer Survivorship. In: Management of Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28646-0_81

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