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Original Article

Patient-reported outcome after radical cystectomy: translation and psychometric validation of the Swedish version of the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy Scale Vanderbilt Cystectomy Index

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Pages 374-379 | Received 29 Dec 2015, Accepted 26 May 2016, Published online: 04 Jul 2016

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