Breast cancer experience and survivorship among Asian Americans: A systematic review

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 94-107

  Wen, Kuang Yi ^a   Fang, Carolyn Y ^a   Ma, Grace X ^b  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Breast cancer; Literature review; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST TUMOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICS; SURVIVOR; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; EMOTIONS; FAR EAST; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84897580983     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-013-0320-8     Document Type: Review

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