Survival of breast cancer patients receiving adjunctive psychosocial support therapy: A 10-year follow-up study

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 66-69

  Gellert, George A ^a   Maxwell, Roberta M ^a   Siegel, Bernard S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; LIFE TABLES; MIDDLE AGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0027405018     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1993.11.1.66     Document Type: Article

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