Travelling for radiation cancer treatment: Patient perspectives

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 664-674

  Fitch, Margaret I ^a   Gray, Ross E ^a   McGowan, Tom ^b   Brunskill, Ian ^b   Steggles, Shawn ^c   Sellick, Scott ^d   Bezjak, Andrea ^e   McLeese, Donna ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c Northeastern Ontario Reg Cancer Ct ^*  (Canada)

^d Northwestern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre   (Canada)

^e PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL SKIN REACTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPERIENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NAUSEA; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCEPTION; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAVEL; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY URGENCY;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0141990694     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.682     Document Type: Article

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