Cancer-related fatigue: A critical appraisal

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 846-863

  Prue, G ^a   Rankin, J ^b   Allen, J ^a   Gracey, J ^a   Cramp, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Neoplasm; Review

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HORMONE; TAMOXIFEN;

ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; AUTOLOGOUS PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG USE; EXPERIENCE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SENSATION; SLEEP; STANDARD; SYMPTOM;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 33646165014     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2005.11.026     Document Type: Article

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