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Managing symptoms among patients with breast cancer during chemotherapy: results of a two-arm behavioral trial.

Charles W CW Given, Alla A Sikorskii, Deimante D Tamkus, Barbara B Given, Mei M You, Ruth R McCorkle, Victoria V Champion, and David D Decker

Audio, Transactions of the IRE Professi... 26(36):5855-62 (2008) PMID 19029420

In this study, we compare symptom response and times to response among patients with breast cancer who were assigned to either a cognitive behavioral Nurse-Administered Symptom Management intervention or an Automated Telephone Symptom Management (ATSM) intervention.

DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.16.8872
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