Quality of life, fatigue and depression in Italian long-term breast cancer survivors

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2941-2948

  Romito, Francesca ^a   Cormio, Claudia ^a   Giotta, Francesco ^a   Colucci, Giuseppe ^a   Mattioli, Vittorio ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE GIOVANNI PAOLO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer survival; Depression; Fatigue; Health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84868455909     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1424-9     Document Type: Article

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