Does assessing patients' expectancies about chemotherapy side effects influence their occurrence?

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 275-281

  Colagiuri, Ben ^a,b   Dhillon, Haryana ^b   Butow, Phyllis N ^a,b   Jansen, Jesse ^b   Cox, Keith ^c,d   Jacquet, Jeralyn ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

Author keywords

appetite; cancer; Chemotherapy; depression; expectancy; fatigue; nausea; placebo effect; side effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 84882449919     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.07.013     Document Type: Article

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