Facts, misconceptions, and myths about cancer. What do patients with gynecological cancer and the female public at large know?

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 46-53

  Carlsson, Maria E ^a   Strang, Peter M ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; MORPHINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031127069     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1997.4626     Document Type: Article

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