Quality of life assessment for patients with breast cancer receiving adjuvant therapy

Journal of Cancer Science and Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 51-55

  Alzabaidey, Fakhriya Jaber ^a  

^a University of Al Zarqa   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Adjuvant therapy; Patients with breast; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MOUTH PAIN; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VALIDITY;

EID: 84859850079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4172/1948-5956.1000110     Document Type: Article

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