A qualitative evaluation of a group phone-based weight loss intervention for rural breast cancer survivors: Themes and mechanisms of success

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 3165-3173

  Fazzino, Tera L ^a   Sporn, Nora J ^a,b   Befort, Christie A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer survivorship; Qualitative evaluation; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MOBILE PHONE; MOTIVATION; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVOR;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVORS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84959369371     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-016-3149-7     Document Type: Article

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