Perception, attitudes, preparedness and experience of chemotherapy-induced alopecia among breast cancer patients: A qualitative study

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1383-1388

  Kim, Im Ryung ^a   Cho, Juhee ^a,b   Choi, Eun Kyung ^a   Kwon, In Gak ^a   Sung, Young Hee ^a   Lee, Jeong Eon ^a   Nam, Seok Jin ^a   Yang, Jung Hyun ^c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Breast neoplasms; Chemotherapy; psychological adaptation; Quality of life.

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH KOREA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ATTITUDE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84873039719     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.4.1383     Document Type: Article

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