Side effects of adjuvant chemotherapy: Perceptions of node-negative breast cancer patients

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-93

  Beisecker, Analee E ^a   Cook, Mary R ^b   Ashworth, Janet ^a   Rayes, Jeanne ^a   Brecheisen, Marci ^a   Helmig, Linda ^a   Siobhanhyland, ^a   Darcyselenke, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MIDWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; MITOXANTRONE; VINBLASTINE SULFATE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; INFECTION; NAIL DISEASE; NAUSEA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030809279     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199706)6:2<85::AID-PON247>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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