Symptom severity and distress in advanced cancer

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 330-339

  Kirkova, Jordanka ^a   Walsh, Declan ^a,b   Rybicki, Lisa ^c   Davis, Mellar P ^a   Aktas, Aynur ^a   Tao Jin, ^c   Homsi, Jade ^a  

^a TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b H R Horvitz Ctr Palliative Med   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Distress; Gender; Performance status; Severity; Symptom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77950613575     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216309356380     Document Type: Article

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