Physical distress and cancer care experiences among Chinese-American and non-Hispanic White breast cancer survivors

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 383-388

  Wang, Judy Huei Yu ^a   Adams, Inez ^b   Huang, Ellen ^a   Ashing Giwa, Kimlin ^c   Gomez, Scarlett Lin ^d   Allen, Laura ^d  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CANCER PREVENTION INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer survivorship; Chinese American survivors; Culture and follow up care communication; Physical distress; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BONE PAIN; BREAST CANCER; BURN; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE MEDICINE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ERUPTION; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; METASTASIS; MOOD CHANGE; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL STRESS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RADIATION INJURY; SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PILOT PROJECTS; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856734894     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.11.029     Document Type: Article

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