# The Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale: an instrument for the evaluation of symptom prevalence, characteristics and distress

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/the-memorial-symptom-assessment-scale-an-instrument-for-the-evaluation-of/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Russell K. Portenoy,Howard T. Thaler,Alice B. Kornblith,J. McCarthy Lepore,Hamutal Friedlander-Klar,Elizabeth Kiyasu,Kiley Sobel,Nessa Coyle,Nancy E. Kemeny,Larry Norton,Howard I. Scher |
| Citations | 1,580 |
| DOI | 10.1016/0959-8049(94)90182-1 |
| Fields | Medicine |
| Open Access | false |
| OA Status | closed |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W2166444516 |
| PMID | 7999421 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 1994 |

## Paper authors

- [Larry Norton](https://scholariq.org/researchers/larry-norton/)

## Paper journal

- [European Journal of Cancer](https://scholariq.org/journals/european-journal-of-cancer/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Cancer survivorship and care](https://scholariq.org/topics/cancer-survivorship-and-care/)

## Paper topics

- [Cancer survivorship and care](https://scholariq.org/topics/cancer-survivorship-and-care/)
- [Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life](https://scholariq.org/topics/childhood-cancer-survivors-quality-of-life/)
- [Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies](https://scholariq.org/topics/cancer-related-cognitive-impairment-studies/)

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