When will I get my breath back? Recovery time of exercise-induced breathlessness in patients with thoracic cancer

Lung Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 128-129

  Maddocks, Matthew ^a   Taylor, Victoria ^b   Klezlova, Radka ^b   England, Ruth ^b   Manderson, Cathann ^b   Wilcock, Andrew ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breathlessness; Dyspnoea; Exercise; Thoracic cancer

Indexed keywords

BREATHING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INCREMENTAL SHUTTLE WALK TEST; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LETTER; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; THORAX CANCER; WALKING SPEED;

DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84858002836     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: 18728332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2012.01.003     Document Type: Letter

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