Psychological response to cancer and survival

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 43-49

  Greer, S ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY, SIMPLE; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICK ROLE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0025862975     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329170001463X     Document Type: Article

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