Coping with radiation therapy: Strategies used by women with breast cancer

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 264-271

  Wengström, Yvonne ^a,b   Häggmark, Caroline ^a   Forsberg, Christina ^a  

^a Red Cross University College   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Coping; Radiation theraphy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0034902201     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200108000-00003     Document Type: Article

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