The connection between the psychological condition of breast cancer patients and survival: A follow-up after eight years

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 266-270

  Gilbar, Ora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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Indexed keywords

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HOSTILITY; PARANOIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS;

EID: 0030200284     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0163-8343(96)00023-0     Document Type: Article

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