Fatigue, dyspnea, and cough comprise a persistent symptom cluster up to five years after diagnosis with lung cancer

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 202-212

  Cheville, Andrea L ^a   Novotny, Paul J ^a   Sloan, Jeffrey A ^a   Basford, Jeffrey R ^a   Wampfler, Jason A ^a   Garces, Yolanda I ^a   Jatoi, Aminah ^a   Yang, Ping ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

employment; fatigue; lung cancer; quality of life; survival; Symptom cluster

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR ANALOG SELF ASSESSMENT; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CANCER SYMPTOM SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF EVALUATION; SMOKING HABIT; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM CLUSTER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; CARCINOMA; COUGH; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79961006753     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.10.257     Document Type: Article

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