Symptoms and problems with functioning among women and men with inoperable lung cancer-A longitudinal study

Lung Cancer

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-124

  Lövgren, Malin ^a,b   Tishelman, Carol ^a,c,d   Sprangers, Mirjam ^e   Koyi, Hirsh ^f   Hamberg, Katarina ^g  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b School of Education   (Sweden)

^c Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; Longitudinal study; Lung neoplasm; Quality of life; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALOPECIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONSTIPATION; COUGHING; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; EDUCATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; INSOMNIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOULDER PAIN; SOCIAL DISABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 41249096994     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2007.09.015     Document Type: Article

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