Cancer symptom clusters: Clinical and research methodology

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1149-1166

  Kirkova, Jordanka ^a,b   Aktas, Aynur ^a,b   Walsh, Declan ^a,b   Davis, Mellar P ^a,b  

^a TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; PAROXETINE;

ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SYMPTOM CLUSTER; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FATIGUE; FEVER; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; KIDNEY CANCER; MELANOMA; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD CHANGE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 80054717424     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0507     Document Type: Review

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