Late effects of cancer and cancer treatment—the perspective of the patient

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 337-346

  Treanor, Charlene ^a,b   Donnelly, Michael ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer survivorship; Late effects; Qualitative research methods

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADAPTATION; ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FINANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; INTERVIEW; LARYNGECTOMY; LIFE; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NARRATIVE; NEOPLASM; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERY ELDERLY; WELLBEING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMAN RELATION; NEOPLASMS; OPTIMISM; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SURVIVOR; WORK;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OPTIMISM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS; WORK;

EID: 84949090534     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-015-2796-4     Document Type: Article

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