Lessons learned from the metastatic breast cancer community

Seminars in Oncology Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 195-202

  Mayer, Musa ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Metastatic breast cancer; Needs assessment; Patient survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING; ONCOLOGY NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SECONDARY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ONCOLOGY NURSING;

EID: 77955076129     PISSN: 07492081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2010.05.004     Document Type: Article

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