An examination of cancer-related fatigue through proposed diagnostic criteria in a sample of cancer patients in Taiwan

BMC Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Yeh, En Tien ^a   Lau, Shu Chuen ^a,b   Su, Wei Ju ^c   Tsai, Duu Jian ^d   Tu, Ying Yueh ^e   Lai, Yuen Liang ^c,d,e,f,g  

^a CARDINAL TIEN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g MACKAY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diagnosis; Fatigue; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES AND RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; TAIWAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM;

ADULT; AGED; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 80052565578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-11-387     Document Type: Article

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