Adherence beliefs among breast cancer patients taking tamoxifen

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-102

  Grunfeld, Elizabeth A ^a   Hunter, Myra S ^b   Sikka, Pooja ^a   Mittal, Sangeeta ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adherence; Breast cancer; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; LIBIDO DISORDER; MEMORY DISORDER; NIGHT SWEAT; PANIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 25844449130     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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