The Symptom Burden and Quality of Life in Cancer Patients in the Gaza Strip, Palestine: A Cross-Sectional Study

Yousuf ElMokhallalati; Enas Alaloul; Mohammed Shatat; Tasneem Shneewra; Saad El Massri; Omar Shaer; Samuel Relton; Hammoda Abu-Odah; Matthew J. Allsop

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0262512

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The Symptom Burden and Quality of Life in Cancer Patients in the Gaza Strip, Palestine: A Cross-Sectional Study

Yousuf ElMokhallalati,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Enas Alaloul,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Mohammed Shatat,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory
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Tasneem Shneewra,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory
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Saad El Massri,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University, Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory
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Omar Shaer,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Islamic University, Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0583-4800

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Samuel Relton,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0634-4587

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Hammoda Abu-Odah,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8874-2599

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Matthew J. Allsop

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: m.j.allsop@leeds.ac.uk

Affiliation Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7399-0194

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The Symptom Burden and Quality of Life in Cancer Patients in the Gaza Strip, Palestine: A Cross-Sectional Study

Yousuf ElMokhallalati,
Enas Alaloul,
Mohammed Shatat,
Tasneem Shneewra,
Saad El Massri,
Omar Shaer,
Samuel Relton,
Hammoda Abu-Odah,
Matthew J. Allsop

Published: January 13, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262512

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