Use of health-care services during chemotherapy for breast cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 3328-3334

  Baena Cañada, José M ^a   Estalella Mendoza, Sara ^a   Rosado Varela, Petra ^a   Expósito Álvarez, Inmaculada ^a   González Guerrero, MacArena ^a   Díaz Blanco, María C ^a   Cortés Carmona, Cristina ^a   Ramírez Daffós, Patricia ^a   Arriola Arellano, Esperanza ^a   Rueda Ramos, Antonio ^a   Solana Grimaldi, Lourdes ^a   Benítez Rodríguez, Encarnación ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b Registro Provincial del Cáncer   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasm; Chemotherapy; Health care surveys; Quality of care; Socioeconomic factors; Structure of care

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; TRASTUZUMAB;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALLERGY; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; OCCUPATION; PHLEBITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; OFFICE VISITS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869497163     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2012.04.024     Document Type: Article

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