Symptom burden and supportive care in patients with acute leukemia

Leukemia Research

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 731-736

  Zimmermann, Camilla ^a,b   Yuen, Dora ^a   Mischitelle, Ashley ^a   Minden, Mark D ^a,b   Brandwein, Joseph M ^a,b   Schimmer, Aaron ^a,b   Gagliese, Lucia ^a,c,d   Lo, Christopher ^a,c   Rydall, Anne ^a   Rodin, Gary ^a,c  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Leukemia; Pain; Palliative care; Psychosocial oncology; Supportive care; Symptom assessment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORIAL SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RATING SCALE; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878482196     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: 18735835     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2013.02.009     Document Type: Article

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