Do the unmet needs affect the quality of life in breast cancer patients?

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-257

  Saatci, E ^a   Akin, S ^a   Akpinar, E ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; OCCUPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 36749068851     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442007000300013     Document Type: Article

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