Chronic fatigue and its correlates in long-term survivors of cervical cancer treated with radiotherapy

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1150-1158

  Vistad, I ^a   Fossa S D ^b   Kristensen, G B ^c   Dahl, A A ^b  

^a SØRLANDET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Chronic fatigue; Late effects; Long term survivors; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHICS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SURVIVAL TIME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34547850895     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01445.x     Document Type: Article

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