Post-Treatment Symptoms Among Ethnic Minority Breast Cancer Survivors

Rani Eversley

Diane Estrin

Suzanne L. Dibble

Linda Wardlaw

Maria Pedrosa

Wendy Favila-Penney

ONF 2005, 32(2), 250-256. DOI: 10.1188/05.ONF.250-256

Purpose/Objectives: To determine racial and ethnic differences in the range and number of post-treatment symptoms among women who have undergone surgical and postsurgical treatment for breast cancer.

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