Prevalence of fatigue among cancer patients receiving various anticancer therapies and its impact on Quality of Life: A cross-sectional study

Indian Journal of Palliative Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 165-175

  Karthikeyan, Guru ^a   Jumnani, Divita ^a   Prabhu, Rama ^a   Manoor, Udaya Kumar ^b   Supe, Sanjay Sudhakar ^c  

^a Srinivas College of Physiotherapy and Research Center   (India)

^b Bangalore Hospital   (India)

^c KIDWAI MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Anticancer therapy related fatigue; Brief fatigue inventory; Cancer related fatigue; Concurrent chemo radiotherapy; FACT G; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873603654     PISSN: 09731075     EISSN: 19983735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1075.105686     Document Type: Article

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