Psychosocial aspects in long-term survivors of testicular cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 574-578

  Arai, Yoichi ^a,b   Kawakita, Mutsushi ^a   Hida, Shuichi ^a   Terachi, Toshiro ^a   Okada, Yusaku ^a   Yoshida, Osamu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

psychosocial deprivation; quality of life; testicular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE SATISFACTION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVAL TIME; TESTIS CANCER; WELLBEING; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 0030040673     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66452-8     Document Type: Article

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