Perception of breast cancer risk and psychological distress in women attending a surveillance program

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 259-269

  Gagnon, Pierre ^a,b   Massie, Mary Jane ^c,d   Kash, Kathryn M ^c,e   Gronert, Melissa ^c   Heerdt, Alexandra Simkovich ^c   Brown, Karen ^c   Sullivan, Margaret D ^c   Borgen, Patrick ^c,d  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e STRANG CANCER PREVENTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0029821875     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199609)5:3<259::AID-PON204>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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