Symptoms and treatment burden associated with cancer treatment: Results from a cross-sectional national survey in the U.S.

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 791-801

  Henry, David H ^a   Viswanathan, Hema N ^b   Elkin, Eric P ^c   Traina, Shana ^b   Wade, Shawn ^d   Cella, David ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

^c ICON CLINICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Harris Interactive   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Chemotherapy; Fatigue; Side effects; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAREGIVER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFERTILITY; INSOMNIA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION INJURY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; UNEMPLOYMENT; VOMITING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49949152579     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0380-2     Document Type: Article

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