Dispositional optimism predicts survival status 1 year after diagnosis in head and neck cancer patients

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 543-548

  Allison, Paul J ^a   Guichard, Christophe ^a   Fung, Karen ^a   Gilain, Laurent ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPTIMISM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PESSIMISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SELF CONCEPT; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROGNOSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0037318142     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2003.10.092     Document Type: Article

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