Advancing symptom science through symptom cluster research: Expert panel proceedings and recommendations

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Miaskowski, Christine ^a   Barsevick, Andrea ^b   Berger, Ann ^c   Casagrande, Rocco ^d   Grady, Patricia A ^e   Jacobsen, Paul ^f   Kutner, Jean ^g   Patrick, Donald ^h   Zimmerman, Lani ⁱ   Xiao, Canhua ^j   Matocha, Martha ^e   Marden, Sue ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Gryphon Scientific   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH   (United States)

^f H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; ANALGESIA; COMPLICATION; FATIGUE; METHODOLOGY; MOOD DISORDERS; NEOPLASM; ORGANIZATION; PAIN; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MOOD DISORDERS; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85017932481     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djw253     Document Type: Review

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