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Bruce A. Cooper

Medicine · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1969

Publications

426

Citations

17,501

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

58

Publishing since 1969

Research summary
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Bruce A. Cooper's research focuses on symptoms experienced by cancer patients during and after chemotherapy, including fatigue, pain, cognitive changes, anxiety, and depression, and how these symptoms cluster together in different patient groups. His work often looks at how factors like age, stress, resilience, and multiple co-existing health conditions relate to symptom burden and quality of life. This research aims to help identify patient subgroups who may need different types of supportive care during cancer treatment.

Cancer symptom clusters and symptom burdenChemotherapy-related fatigue, pain, and cognitive impairmentStress, resilience, and psychological adjustment in cancer patientsQuality of life in cancer survivorsSymptom differences across age and demographic groups

Publication output has fluctuated over the last decade, peaking around 2017, 2022, and 2024, with a recent dip in 2025-2026, but activity has remained fairly steady overall with an average of about 18 publications per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 18.0/year recently
2017: 33 publications33172018: 13 publications182019: 17 publications192020: 16 publications202021: 25 publications212022: 29 publications222023: 20 publications232024: 24 publications242025: 14 publications252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Pain and Symptom Management×27
  • Supportive Care in Cancer×20
  • Cancer Nursing×16
  • Seminars in Oncology Nursing×10
  • European Journal of Oncology Nursing×10
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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