cancer survivors

Study focuses on cancer survivors with disabilities

UT - Office of Public Affairs  Wed, 02/25/2009 - 11:30am

Cancer survivors with pre-existing functional impairments due to disabling conditions such as polio, spinal cord injury or sensory impairments are the subject of a new $324,732 University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing study.

The two-year research project, funded by the National Cancer Institute, will look at health-promoting behaviors and quality of life among persons, [...]