Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 468-479 , November 2008

Treatment-Related Symptom Clusters in Breast Cancer: A Secondary Analysis

  • Hee-Ju Kim, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Ulsan, Ulsan, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Hee-Ju Kim, PhD, RN, University of Ulsan Department of Nursing, Nam-Gu Dae-Hak-Ro 102, Ulsan 680-749, South Korea.
    • ,
  • Andrea M. Barsevick, PhD, RN, AOCN

      Affiliations

    • Fox Chase Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • ,
  • Lorraine Tulman, DNSc, RN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • ,
  • Paul A. McDermott, PhD, ABAP

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

,Accepted 23 November 2007.

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 The primary study was supported by the National Institutes of Health—National Institute of Nursing Research (R01NR04573). The present study was supported by Sigma Theta Tau International and the Xi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International.

PII: S0885-3924(08)00210-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.11.011

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 468-479 , November 2008

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