The health of older-adult, long-term cancer survivors

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 415-424

  Deimling, Gary T ^a   Sterns, Samantha ^a   Bowman, Karen F ^a   Kahana, Boaz ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer survivors; Colorectal cancer; Comorbid health conditions; Long term cancer effects; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROSTATE TUMOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PAIN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33644873588     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200511000-00002     Document Type: Article

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