Development and initial validation of the thyroid cancer module of the M. D. Anderson symptom inventory

Oncology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-68

  Gning, Ibrahima ^a   Trask, Peter C ^b   Mendoza, Tito R ^a   Harle, Margaret T ^a   Gutierrez, Karla A ^a   Kitaka, Sheila A ^a   Sherman, Steven I ^a   Cleeland, Charles S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Module of the M. D. Anderson Symptom Inventory; Symptoms; Thyroid cancer; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CANCER;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THYROID NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57049146844     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000178809     Document Type: Article

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