Living with metastatic breast cancer: A qualitative analysis of physical, psychological, and social sequelae

Breast Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 285-292

  Mosher, Catherine E ^a,b   Johnson, Courtney ^b   Dickler, Maura ^a   Norton, Larry ^a   Massie, Mary Jane ^a   Duhamel, Katherine ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

distress; health; metastatic breast cancer; quality of life; social constraints

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84876807174     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbj.12107     Document Type: Article

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