Symptom Burden and quality of life in survivorship: A review of the literature

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2015, Pages E29-E54

  Wu, Horng Shiuann ^a   Harden, Janet K ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer survivorship; Caregiver; Quality of life; Symptom

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAREGIVER; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MOOD DISORDER; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM; COMPLICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVOR;

CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84918571154     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000000135     Document Type: Review

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