Symptom Cluster Patterns During the First Year After Diagnosis with Cancer

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 847-858

  Molassiotis, Alex ^a   Wengström, Yvonne ^b,c   Kearney, Nora ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale; oncology; Symptom cluster; symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEMORIAL SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATIENT SELECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77952111234     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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