Menopausal symptoms in women with breast cancer: Prevalence and treatment preferences

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 769-778

  Hunter, Myra S ^a,c   Grunfeld, Elizabeth A ^a   Mittal, Sangeeta ^a   Sikka, Pooja ^a   Ramirez, Amanda Jane ^a   Fentiman, Ian ^b   Hamed, Hisham ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; MEGESTROL ACETATE; TAMOXIFEN; TIBOLONE; VENLAFAXINE; VITAMIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY IMAGE; BREAST CANCER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIBIDO DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NIGHT SWEAT; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINAL DRYNESS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 9244260504     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.793     Document Type: Article

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