A retrospective study of quality of life in a community sample of patients with early stage breast cancer

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 415-422

  Walker, Mark S ^a   Schwartzberg, Lee S ^a   Stepanski, Edward J ^a   Fortner, Barry V ^b  

^a Accelerated Community Oncology Research Network   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease recurrence; Early stage breast cancer; Patient Care Monitor; Quality of life; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER THERAPY; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67349268469     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-009-0387-0     Document Type: Article

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