Fatigue and quality of life in breast cancer survivors: Temporal courses and long-term pattern

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-19

  Schmidt, Martina E ^a   Chang Claude, Jenny ^a   Vrieling, Alina ^a   Heinz, Judith ^b   Flesch Janys, Dieter ^b   Steindorf, Karen ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adjuvant therapy; Breast cancer; Cancer survivorship; Fatigue; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONE AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS; TAMOXIFEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOTHERAPY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVOR; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; TAMOXIFEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857140403     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-011-0197-3     Document Type: Article

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