Adjuvant radiotherapy of women with breast cancer - Information, support and side-effects

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-153

  Sjovall K ^a   Strombeck G ^a   Lofgren A ^a   Bendahl, P O ^a   Gunnars, B ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN DISEASE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SKIN DISEASES; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 77249157717     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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