Quality of Life among Older Survivors of Breast Cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 431-438

  Sammarco, Angela ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Older survivors of breast cancer; Perceived social support; Psychosocial life stages; Quality of life; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0347381134     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200312000-00002     Document Type: Article

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