Psychosocial predictors of survival: Metastatic breast cancer

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 469-474

  Butow, P N ^a   Coates, A S ^b   Dunn, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Prognostic factors; Psychosocial factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURVIVAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0034029678     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008396330433     Document Type: Article

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