Fear of cancer recurrence in patients undergoing definitive treatment for prostate cancer: Results from capsure

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1931-1933

  Mehta, Shilpa S ^a   Lubeck, Deborah P ^b   Pasta, David J ^b   Litwin, Mark S ^c  

^a TAP PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear; Neoplasms; Prostate; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; FEAR; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; WELLBEING;

EID: 0141885276     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000091993.73842.9b     Document Type: Article

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