Quality of life of women treated with radiotherapy for breast cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 399-405

  Lee, T S ^a   Kilbreath, S L ^a   Refshauge, K M ^a   Pendlebury, S C ^b   Beith, J M ^b   Lee, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Fatigue; Quality of life; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43449109516     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0328-6     Document Type: Article

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