The concerns about recurrence scale (CARS): A systematic measure of women's fears about the possibility of breast cancer recurrence

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 16-24

  Vickberg, Suzanne M Johnson ^a  

^a Planned Parenthood Fed of America ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0037266032     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15324796ABM2501_03     Document Type: Article

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