Significance of Symptom Clustering in Palliative Care of Advanced Cancer Patients

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 655-662

  Tsai, Jaw Shiun ^a,b   Wu, Chih Hsun ^a,c,d   Chiu, Tai Yuan ^a   Chen, Ching Yu ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

advanced cancer patients; hospice palliative care; Symptom cluster

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; AGGRESSION; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DIZZINESS; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NIGHT SWEAT; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESTLESSNESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASTE DISORDER; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WEAKNESS; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN;

EID: 77951002651     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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