Symptom burden and functional gains in a cancer rehabilitation unit

International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 517-523

  Fu, Jack B ^a   Lee, Jay ^b   Tran, Kenny B ^a   Siangco, Christian M ^a   Ng, Amy H ^a   Smith, Dennis W ^c   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Function; Inpatient; Rehabilitation; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946733238     PISSN: 17411645     EISSN: 1759779X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijtr.2015.22.11.517     Document Type: Article

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