Breast cancer survivors suffer from persistent postmastectomy pain syndrome and posttraumatic stress disorder (ORTHUS study): a study of the palliative care working committee of the Turkish Oncology Group (TOG)

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 3747-3755

  Alkan, Ali ^a   Guc, Zeynep Gulsum ^b   Senler, Filiz Cay ^a   Yavuzsen, Tugba ^b   Onur, Handan ^a   Dogan, Mutlu ^c   Karci, Ebru ^a   Yasar, Arzu ^a   Koksoy, Elif Berna ^a   Tanriverdi, Ozgur ^d   Turhal, Serdar ^e   Urun, Yuksel ^a   Ozkan, Asiye ^a   Mizrak, Dilsa ^a   Akbulut, Hakan ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer survivor; Persistent postmastectomy pain syndrome; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; TRASTUZUMAB;

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHECKLIST; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED PERSON; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POSTMASTECTOMY PAIN SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER CHECKLIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDY DESIGN; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ADVERSE EFFECTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIAL; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVOR; SYNDROME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PALLIATIVE CARE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 84962033741     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-016-3202-6     Document Type: Article

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