Breast cancer patients' experience of external-beam radiotherapy

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 668-676

  Schnur, Julie B ^a   Ouellette, Suzanne C ^b   Bovbjerg, Dana H ^a   Montgomery, Guy H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer; Distress; General; Psychosocial aspects; Qualitative methods; Women's health; Women's issues

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ATTITUDE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 65449146280     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732309334097     Document Type: Article

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