Quality of life and symptoms in patients with malignant diseases admitted to a comprehensive cancer centre

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1843-1849

  Strömgren, Annette Sand ^a   Niemann, Carsten Utoft ^a   Tange, Ulla Brix ^a   Farholt, Hanne ^a   Sonne, Nan M ^a   Ankersen, Lena ^a   Kristensen, Lisbet ^a   Bendixen, Lisbeth ^a   Groenvold, Mogens ^b   Petersen, Morten Aagaard ^b   Nordly, Mie ^a,c   Christrup, Lona ^c   Sjøgren, Per ^a,c   Kurita, Geana Paula ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer; Haematology; Palliative care; Quality of life; Signs and symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EORTC QLQ C30 SCALE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HAND PAIN; HUMAN; LOSS OF APPETITE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84902363827     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-014-2149-8     Document Type: Article

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