A randomized controlled trial of the effects of group psychological therapy on survival in women with metastatic breast cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 508-517

  Cunningham, A J ^a   Edmonds, C V I ^a   Jenkins, G P ^a   Pollack, H ^a   Lockwood, G A ^a   Warr, D ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032409972     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199811/12)7:6<508::AID-PON376>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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