Changes in quality of life during palliative chemotherapy for solid cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 515-521

  Bang, Soo Mee ^a   Se, Hoon Park ^a   Hee, Geun Kang ^a   Jung, In Jue ^a   In, Hee Cho ^a   Young, Ho Yun ^b   Eun, Kyung Cho ^a   Dong, Bok Shin ^a   Jae, Hoon Lee ^a  

^a Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Chemotherapy; Depression; Quality of life; Solid cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 21344432942     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-004-0708-0     Document Type: Article

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