The course of severe fatigue in disease-free breast cancer patients: A longitudinal study

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 787-795

  Servaes, P ^a   Gielissen, M F M ^a   Verhagen, S ^a   Bleijenberg, G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Longitudinal design; Oncology; Persistent fatigue; Survivors

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER FATIGUE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COGNITION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34648816862     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1120     Document Type: Article

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