Quality of Life and Non-Pain Symptoms in Patients with Cancer

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 216-233

  van den Beuken van Everdingen, Marieke H J ^a   de Rijke, Janneke M ^a   Kessels, Alfons G ^a   Schouten, Harry C ^a   van Kleef, Maarten ^a   Patijn, Jacob ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; prevalence; quality of life; symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EUROPE; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LISTLESSNESS; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; VOMITING; WEAKNESS; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651152571     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.08.014     Document Type: Article

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