The role of psychosocial factors in the development of breast carcinoma: Part I - The cancer prone personality

Cancer

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 679-685

  Price, Melanie A ^a   Tennant, Christopher C ^a   Smith, Ross C ^b   Butow, Phyllis N ^a   Kennedy, Susan J ^a   Kossoff, Marjorie B ^c   Dunn, Stewart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Defense mechanisms; Emotions; Personality; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035864995     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20010215)91:4<679::AID-CNCR1051>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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