Assessment of symptom distress in cancer patients before and after radiotherapy

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-84

  Tang, Pei Ling ^a   Wang, Chi ^a   Hung, Min Fang ^b   Lin, Huey Shyan ^c  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Yuh Ing Junior College of Health Care and Management   (Taiwan)

^c FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Radiotherapy; Symptom distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINAL DYSMOTILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM DISTRESS SCALE; TAIWAN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION INJURIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650946185     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181f04ac8     Document Type: Article

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