Cancer-related fatigue, version 2.2015

JNCCN Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1012-1039

  Berger, Ann M ^a   Mooney, Kathi ^a   Alvarez Perez, Amy ^a   Breitbart, William S ^a   Carpenter, Kristen M ^a   Cella, David ^a   Cleeland, Charles ^a   Dotan, Efrat ^a   Eisenberger, Mario A ^a   Escalante, Carmen P ^a   Jacobsen, Paul B ^a   Jankowski, Catherine ^a   LeBlanc, Thomas ^a   Ligibel, Jennifer A ^a   Loggers, Elizabeth Trice ^a   Mandrell, Belinda ^a   Murphy, Barbara A ^a   Palesh, Oxana ^a   Pirl, William F ^a   Plaxe, Steven C ^a   Riba, Michelle B ^a   Rugo, Hope S ^a   Salvador, Carolina ^a   Wagner, Lynne I ^a   Wagner Johnston, Nina D ^a   Zachariah, Finly J ^a   Bergman, Mary Anne ^a   Smith, Courtney ^a   more..

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Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCREENING; SLEEP THERAPY; TERMINAL CARE; COMPLICATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FATIGUE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NEOPLASMS;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FATIGUE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; STANDARD OF CARE;

EID: 84940102853     PISSN: 15401405     EISSN: 15401413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2015.0122     Document Type: Review

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