How common is fatigue in disease-free breast cancer survivors? A systematic review of the literature

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-13

  Minton, O ^a   Stone, P ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer survivors; Cancer related fatigue

Indexed keywords

ASTHENIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHECKLIST; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EXHAUSTION; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SHORT FORM 36; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 52949098049     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-007-9831-1     Document Type: Review

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