Factors influencing quality of life in breast cancer survivors

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 527-537

  Vacek, Pamela M ^a   Winstead Fry, Patricia ^a   Secker Walker, Roger H ^a   Hooper, Gloria J ^a   Plante, Dennis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Comorbidity; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0041854262     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025098108717     Document Type: Article

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