Patients' experiences of carcinoma of unknown primary site: Dealing with uncertainty

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 177-183

  Boyland, Lucy ^a,b   Davis, Carol ^a  

^a MOORGREEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Oakhaven Hospice Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neoplasms; Palliative care; Quality of life; Unknown primary

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; OVARY CARCINOMA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERITONEUM METASTASIS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PILOT STUDY; PLEURA METASTASIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SPLEEN CANCER; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 42649110385     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216307085341     Document Type: Article

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