Symptom clusters in patients with advanced cancers

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1223-1230

  Cheung, Winson Y ^a   Le, Lisa W ^b   Zimmermann, Camilla ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced cancers; Palliative care; Symptom clusters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; EDMONTON SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OUTPATIENT; POOR GENERAL CONDITION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949204409     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0577-7     Document Type: Article

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