Psychological reactions in newly diagnosed gastrointestinal cancer patients

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 803-810

  Nordin, Karin ^a,b   Glimelius, Bengt ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COLON CANCER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECTUM CANCER; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 0031431422     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841869709001361     Document Type: Article

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