Health-Related Predictors of Quality of Life in Cancer Patients in Saudi Arabia

Anwar Ahmed1,2, Alaa S. Almuzaini1, Mohannad A. Alsadhan3, Abdulrahman G. Alharbi4, Hanin S. Almuzaini1, Yosra Ali5, Abdul Rahman Jazieh5
1King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, KAIMRC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
3College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
4College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Al Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
5Department of Oncology, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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