A literature review of symptom clusters in patients with breast cancer

Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 533-539

  Nguyen, Janet ^a   Cramarossa, Gemma ^a   Bruner, Deb ^b   Chen, Emily ^a   Khan, Luluel ^a   Leung, Andrew ^a   Lutz, Steve ^c   Chow, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Blanchard Valley Regional Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; factor analysis; symptom cluster; symptom distress; symptom management

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANXIETY; BACKACHE; BONE PAIN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECREASED APPETITE; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; GRIEF; HEADACHE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LIBIDO DISORDER; LYMPHEDEMA; MEMORY DISORDER; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MOOD DISORDER; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHY; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOM CLUSTER; VOMITING;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NAUSEA; NEOPLASM STAGING; VOMITING;

EID: 80053556727     PISSN: 14737167     EISSN: 17448379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erp.11.55     Document Type: Review

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