Social support and survival among women with breast cancer

Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 631-637

  Maunsell, Elizabeth ^a   Brisson, Jacques ^a   Deschěnes, Luc ^b  

^a Département de Médecine Sociale Et Préventive ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

breast cancer; psychosocial factors; social support; survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL TIME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029148370     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19950815)76:4<631::AID-CNCR2820760414>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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