Biologically based therapies are commonly self-prescribed by Brazilian women for the treatment of advanced breast cancer or its symptoms

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1303-1311

  Alfano, Ana Camila Callado ^a   Paiva, Carlos Eduardo ^a   Rugno, Fernanda Capella ^a   Da Silva, Raquel Haas ^a   Paiva, Bianca Sakamoto Ribeiro ^a  

^a BARRETOS CANCER HOSPITAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alternative complementary therapies; Anxiety; Breast cancer; Depression; Palliative chemotherapy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; ART THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BREAST CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BRAZIL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE;

EID: 84897558889     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-2087-x     Document Type: Article

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