Quality of life in CAM and Non-CAM users among breast cancer patients during chemotherapy in Malaysia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Chui, Ping Lei ^a   Abdullah, Khatijah Lim ^a   Wong, Li Ping ^a   Taib, Nur Aishah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CANCER SPECIFIC QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER CORE QUALITY OF LIFE 30; FEMALE; FINANCIAL BURDEN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL ENJOYMENT; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84949035885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139952     Document Type: Article

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