Using the differential from complete blood counts as a biomarker of fatigue in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: An exploratory analysis

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 213-217

  Paddison, Johanna S ^a,b   Temel, Jennifer S ^a,b   Fricchione, Gregory L ^a,b   Pirl, William F ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Hemeglobin; Inflammation; Lung cancer; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 68949167609     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951509000273     Document Type: Article

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