Frequency of symptoms in patients with advanced cancer

Turkish Journal of Cancer

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 177-180

  Yalçin, Bülent ^a   Büyükçelik, Abdullah ^a   Şenler, Filiz Çay ^a   Utkan, Güngör ^a   Tek, Ibrahim ^a   Doǧan, Mutlu ^a   Doruk, Hatice ^a   Demirkazik, Ahmet ^a   Akbulut, Hakan ^a   Içli, Fikri ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Questionnaire; Supportive treatment; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE FREQUENCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN IRRITATION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TASTE DISORDER; VERTIGO; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 33645509324     PISSN: 10193103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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