Comparing baseline symptom severity and demographics over two time periods in an outpatient palliative radiotherapy clinic

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 549-555

  Khan, Luluel ^a   Kwong, Justin ^a   Nguyen, Janet ^a   Chow, Edward ^a   Zhang, Liying ^a   Culleton, Shaelyn ^a   Zeng, Liang ^a   Jon, Florencia ^a   Tsao, May ^a   Barnes, Elizabeth ^a   Danjoux, Cyril ^a   Sahgal, Arjun ^a   Holden, Lori ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Demographics; Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale; Metastases; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; EDMONTON SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NAUSEA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; WELLBEING;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; MALE; NAUSEA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 84857654336     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-011-1120-1     Document Type: Article

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