Long-term breast cancer survivors' symptoms and morbidity: Differences by sexual orientation?

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 203-210

  Boehmer, Ulrike ^a   Glickman, Mark ^b,c   Winter, Michael ^b   Clark, Melissa A ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Health Quality Outcomes and Economic Research   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasm; Female; Homosexuality; Late effects; Morbidity

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BISEXUALITY; BREAST TUMOR; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; LESBIANISM; MASTECTOMY; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOTHERAPY; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ARM INJURIES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BISEXUALITY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MASTECTOMY; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREJUDICE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84876139310     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-012-0260-8     Document Type: Article

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