Cancer Symptom Clusters: A Validation Study

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 590-599

  Chen, Mei Ling ^a   Lin, Chia Chin ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cancer; confirmatory factor analysis; Symptom clusters

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 36349018218     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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