The impact of breast cancer on living an everyday life 4.5-5 years post-diagnosis - A qualitative prospective study of 39 women

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 399-407

  Salander, Pär ^a   Lilliehorn, Sara ^a   Hamberg, Katarina ^a   Kero, Anneli ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAREER MOBILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL LEAVE; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952644917     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2010.547216     Document Type: Article

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