The effect of group psychosocial support on survival in metastatic breast cancer

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 345, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 1719-1726

  Goodwin, Pamela J ^a,b   Leszcz, Molyn ^a   Ennis, Marguerite ^b   Koopmans, Jan ^c   Vincent, Leslie ^a   Guther, Helaine ^d   Drysdale, Elaine ^e,f   Hundleby, Marilyn ^g,h   Chochinov, Harvey M ^i,j   Navarro, Margaret ^k   Speca, Michael ^c   Masterson, Julia ^d   Dohan, Liz ^f   Sela, Rami ^g   Warren, Barbara ^j   Paterson, Alexander ^c   Pritchard, Kathleen I ^l   Arnold, Andrew ^b   Doll, Richard ^l   O'Reilly, Susan E ^f   Quirt, Gail ^b   Hood, Nicky ^b   Hunter, Jonathan ^a   more..

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^h CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^j CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

^k OTTAWA REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^l Department of Medicine ^*  (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; METASTASIS; MOOD; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AFFECT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035857150     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa011871     Document Type: Article

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