Spiritual well-being and quality of life in Iranian women with breast cancer undergoing radiation therapy

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1219-1225

  Jafari, Najmeh ^a   Farajzadegan, Ziba ^a   Zamani, Ahmadreza ^a   Bahrami, Fatemeh ^b   Emami, Hamid ^a   Loghmani, Amir ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Quality of life; Radiation therapy; Spiritual well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPIRITUAL WELLBEING; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; ISLAM; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPIRITUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879695102     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1650-1     Document Type: Article

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