Comparison of symptom burden among patients referred to palliative care with hematologic malignancies versus those with solid tumors

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 422-427

  Fadul, Nada A ^a,b   Osta, Badi El ^a   Dalal, Shalini ^a   Poulter, Valerie A ^a   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIRIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NAUSEA; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOMA; SLEEP; SOLID TUMOR; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOM DISTRESS SCALE; THORAX CANCER; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 41149088119     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2007.0184     Document Type: Article

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