The nested structure of cancer symptoms:Implications for analyzing co-occurrence and managing symptoms

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 581-591

  Bhavnani, S K ^a,b,f   Bellala, G ^c   Ganesan, A ^c   Krishna, R ^b   Saxman, P ^b   Scott, C ^a,c   Silveira, M ^d   Given, C ^e  

^a Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c University of Michigan   (United States)

^d VA CENTER FOR CLINICAL MANAGEMENT RESEARCH   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooccurrence of cancer symptoms; Network visualization and analysis; Symptom management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79955691500     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME09-01-0083     Document Type: Article

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