Symptom clusters in patients with bone metastases - A reanalysis comparing different statistical methods

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2811-2820

  Chen, Emily ^a   Khan, Luluel ^a   Zhang, Liying ^a   Nguyen, Janet ^a   Cramarossa, Gemma ^a   Tsao, May ^a   Danjoux, Cyril ^a   Barnes, Elizabeth ^a   Sahgal, Arjun ^a   Holden, Lori ^a   Jon, Flo ^a   Dennis, Kristopher ^a   Culleton, Shaelyn ^a   Chow, Edward ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone metastases; Statistical Analysis; Symptom cluster

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84868476838     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1403-1     Document Type: Article

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