Symptom clusters and prognosis in advanced cancer

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2837-2843

  Aktas, Aynur ^a   Walsh, Declan ^a   Rybicki, Lisa ^b  

^a TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Clusters; Demographics; Palliative; Prognosis; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOATING; CACHEXIA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFUSION; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPHAGIA; EDEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATIETY; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASTE DISORDER; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868458510     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1408-9     Document Type: Article

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