Prevalence, changes in and correlates of fatigue in the first year after diagnosis of testicular cancer

Anticancer Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6 C, 2005, Pages 4647-4653

  Fleer, Joke ^a   Sleijfer, Dirk T ^a   Hoekstra, Harald J ^a   Tuinman, Marrit A ^a   Hoekstra Weebers, Josette E H M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Integraal Kankercentrum Noord Nederland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anemia; Cancer related fatigue; Testicular cancer; Testosterone; Trait anxiety

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TESTIS CANCER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORCHIECTOMY; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 28444497346     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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