Fear of cancer recurrence - A literature review and proposed cognitive formulation to explain exacerbation of recurrence fears

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-105

  Lee Jones, Claire ^a   Humphris, Gerry ^a   Dixon, Rosaleen ^a   Hatcher, Mal Bebbington ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEAR; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE MANAGEMENT; COGNITION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0030744767     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199706)6:2<95::AID-PON250>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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