Systematic monitoring and treatment of physical symptoms to alleviate fatigue in patients with advanced cancer: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 716-723

  De Raaf, Pleun J ^a   De Klerk, Cora ^a   Timman, Reinier ^a   Busschbach, Jan J V ^a   Oldenmenger, Wendy H ^a   Van Der Rijt, Carin C D ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EFFECT SIZE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; NUMERIC RATING SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE;

AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875733936     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2012.44.4216     Document Type: Article

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