Cancer worry is associated with abnormal prostate-specific antigen levels in men participating in a community screening program

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 610-617

  Cohen, Lorenzo ^a   Fouladi, Rachel T ^a   Babaian, Richard J ^a   Bhadkamkar, Viju A ^a   Parker, Patricia A ^a   Taylor, Cindy Carmack ^a   Smith, Murray A ^a   Gritz, Ellen R ^a   Basen Engquist, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLE SIZE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEXAS;

EID: 0042848663     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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