Measurement of distress and its alteration during treatment in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Head and Neck

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1077-1086

  Deng, Yao Tiao ^a   Zhong, Wu Ning ^a   Jiang, Yu ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

concurrent chemoradiotherapy; distress; distress thermometer; nasopharyngeal carcinoma; screening

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; VALIDITY; AGED; DIAGNOSIS; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84904249848     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.23412     Document Type: Article

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