Anaemia and other predictors of fatigue among patients on palliative therapy for advanced cancer

Anticancer Research

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2569-2575

  Latvala, A ^a   Syrjanen K ^a   Salmenoja, H ^a   Salminen, Eeva ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Cancer patients; Fatigue; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 69249202596     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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