Patient-reported quality of life outcomes in Indian breast cancer patients: Importance, review of the researches, determinants and future directions

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-16

  Deshpande, Prasanna R ^a   Sheriff, Mohd ^a   Nazir, Abdul ^a   Bommareddy, Sudeepthi ^a   Tumkur, Anil ^a   Naik, Anantha N ^a  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; India; patient reported outcomes; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ALOPECIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOGA;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84877281740     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.110341     Document Type: Review

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