Social support as a buffer to the psychological impact of stressful life events in women with breast cancer

Cancer

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 443-454

  Kornblith, Alice B ^a,h   Herndon, James E ^b   Zuckerman, Enid ^a   Viscoli, Catherine M ^c   Horwitz, Ralph I ^d   Robert Cooper, M ^b   Harris, Lyndsay ^e   Tkaczuk, Katherine H ^f   Perry, Michael C ^g   Budman, Daniel ^a   Norton, Larry ^a   Holland, Jimmie C ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^g NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Quality of life; Social support; Stress

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035863078     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20010115)91:2<443::AID-CNCR1020>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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