Anxiety and symptom assessment in turkish gynecologic cancer patients receiving chemotherapy

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3129-3133

  Nazik, Evşen ^a   Arslan, Sevban ^a   Nazik, Hakan ^b   Narin, Mehmet Ali ^b   Karlangic, Hatice ^a   Koc, Zeynep ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Adana Numune Education and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Chemotherapy; Gynecologic cancer; Symptom control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873603785     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.7.3129     Document Type: Article

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