Cancer-related fatigue in women with breast cancer: Outcomes of a 5-year prospective cohort study

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1805-1812

  Goldstein, David ^a,g   Bennett, Barbara K ^a,g   Webber, Kate ^a,g   Boyle, Fran ^b,f   De Souza, Paul L ^c   Wilcken, Nicholas R C ^d,e,f   Scott, Elizabeth M ^f   Toppler, Ruth ^b   Murie, Penelope ^d   O'Malley, Linda ^c   McCourt, Junie ^e   Friedlander, Michael ^a,g   Hickie, Ian B ^f   Lloyd, Andrew R ^g  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Mater Hospital   (Australia)

^c ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER FATIGUE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AFFECT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 84863974865     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2011.34.6148     Document Type: Article

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