Clinical experience with the NCCN distress thermometer in breast cancer patients

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 104-111

  Dabrowski, Michele ^a,b   Boucher, Kenneth ^b   Ward, John H ^c   Lovell, Margaret M ^c   Sandre, Angela ^c   Bloch, Janet ^c   Carlquist, Lynne ^a   Porter, Monica ^d   Norman, Larry ^d   Buys, Saundra S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Distress thermometer; NCCN

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORKER; THERMOMETER;

EID: 33846846467     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2007.0011     Document Type: Article

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