Congruence of primary brain tumor patient and caregiver symptom report

Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 5026-5037

  Armstrong, Terri S ^a,b   Wefel, Jeffrey S ^b   Gning, Ibrahima ^b   Acquaye, Alvina ^b   Vera Bolanos, Elizabeth ^b   Gilbert, Mark R ^b   Cleeland, Charles S ^b   Mendoza, Tito ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

brain tumor; caregiver; neurocognitive status; patient reported outcomes; symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867333180     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27483     Document Type: Article

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