Fatigue and radiotherapy: (A) experience in patients undergoing treatment

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 899-906

  Smets, E M A ^a   Visser, M R M ^a   Willems Groot, A F M N ^a   Garssen, B ^b   Oldenburger, F ^a   Van Tienhoven, G ^a   De Haes, J C J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HELEN DOWLING INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Physical factor; Prediction; Psychological factor; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP; VARIANCE;

EID: 0031689730     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.599     Document Type: Article

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