Health-related quality of life during adjuvant treatment for breast cancer among postmenopausal women

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 180-189

  Browall, Maria ^a,b   Ahlberg, Karin ^a   Karlsson, Per ^a,d   Danielson, Ella ^a,e   Persson, Lars Olof ^a   Gaston Johansson, Fannie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d Section of Hematology   (Sweden)

^e MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chemotherapy; Elderly; Quality of life; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SWEDEN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; WOMEN;

EID: 45449086029     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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