Severe menopausal symptoms are widespread among survivors of breast cancer treatment regardless of time since diagnosis

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1130-1134

  Mortimer, Joanne ^a   Behrendt, Carolyn E ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLOATING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVOR; COLD SWEAT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIZZINESS; DYSPAREUNIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LIBIDO DISORDER; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MOOD CHANGE; NIGHT SWEAT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINAL DRYNESS; VAGINAL PRURITUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84884495087     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2012.0585     Document Type: Article

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