Patient expectation of the partial response and response shift in pain score

Supportive Cancer Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 110-118

  Chow, Edward ^a,b   Chiu, Hannah ^a   Doyle, Meagan ^a   Hruby, George ^a   Holden, Lori ^a   Barnes, Elizabeth A ^a   Tsao, May ^a   Mallia, Gabriella ^a   Harris, Kristin ^a   Danjoux, Cyril ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone metastases; Pain reduction; Palliative radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 33947187676     PISSN: 15432912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3816/SCT.2007.n.005     Document Type: Article

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