Exploration of symptoms clusters within cancer patients with brain metastases using the Spitzer quality of life index

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 335-342

  Hird, Amanda ^a   Wong, Jennifer ^a   Zhang, Liying ^a   Tsao, May ^a   Barnes, Elizabeth ^a   Danjoux, Cyril ^a   Chow, Edward ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain metastases; Radiotherapy; Symptom cluster

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ALERTNESS; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER PATIENT; CONFUSION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 77949270338     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-009-0657-8     Document Type: Article

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