Symptoms in children/young people with progressive malignant disease: United Kingdom Children's Cancer Study Group/Paediatric Oncology Nurses Forum Survey

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Goldman, Ann ^a   Hewitt, Martin ^b,c   Collins, Gary S ^c   Childs, Margaret ^c   Hain, Richard ^d  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Nausea and vomiting; Pain; Pain management; Symptom control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOLID TUMOR; UNITED KINGDOM; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33745325455     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0683     Document Type: Article

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