Update on interventions focused on symptom clusters: What has been tried and what have we learned?

Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 60-66

  Berger, Ann M ^a   Yennu, Sriram ^b   Rita Million, ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Intervention; Palliative care; Symptom cluster

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SYNDROME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; SYNDROME;

EID: 84877973752     PISSN: 17514258     EISSN: 17514266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPC.0b013e32835c7d88     Document Type: Review

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