Factors affecting presentation and delay in patients with testicular cancer: Results of a qualitative study

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 144-154

  Gascoigne, P ^a   Mason, M D ^b   Roberts, E ^c  

^a Lansdowne Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b VELINDRE CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CASTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEAR; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SEMINOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TESTIS CANCER;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032913124     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(199903/04)8:2<144::AID-PON349>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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