Fatigue in patients with cancers of the breast or prostate undergoing radical radiotherapy

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1007-1015

  Stone, Patrick ^a   Richards, Michael ^b   A'Hern, Roger ^c   Hardy, Janet ^c  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast and prostatic neoplasms; Fatigue; Prevalence; Quality of life; Radiotherapy; Signs and symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0035217506     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(01)00361-X     Document Type: Article

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