Cancer symptom assessment instruments: A systematic review

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1459-1473

  Kirkova, Jordanka ^a   Davis, Mellar P ^a   Walsh, Declan ^a   Tiernan, Eoin ^a   O'Leary, Norma ^a   LeGrand, Susan B ^a   Lagman, Ruth L ^a   Russell, K Mitchell ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; HEALTH STATUS; NEOPLASM; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645452875     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.02.8332     Document Type: Review

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