Predictors of quality of life in breast cancer patients under chemotherapy

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 107-111

  Safaee, A ^a   Moghimi Dehkordi, B ^a   Zeighami, B ^b   Tabatabaee, H R ^b   Pourhoseingholi, M A ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Functioning scales; QLQ C30; Quality of life; Symptoms scales

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 57349160274     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: 19984774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.44066     Document Type: Article

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