The prevalence and severity of fatigue in men with prostate cancer: A systematic review of the literature

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1761-1771

  Langston, Ben ^a   Armes, Jo ^a   Levy, Anneliese ^b   Tidey, Elizabeth ^b   Ream, Emma ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Oncology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Fatigue; Prevalence; Prostate; Severity

Indexed keywords

CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

FATIGUE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84879152327     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1751-5     Document Type: Review

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