Importance of social support for functional status in breast cancer patients

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 601-604

  Ozkan, Sevgi ^a   Ogce, Filiz ^b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Functional status; Nursing; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS; TURKEY;

EID: 66149140250     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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