Perception of breast cancer risk and surveillance behaviours of women with family history of breast cancer: A brief report on a Spanish cohort

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 821-827

  Gil, Francisco ^a   Méndez, Ignacio ^b   Sirgo, Agustina ^c   Llort, Gemma ^a   Blanco, Ignacio ^a   Cortés Funes, Hernán ^d  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Tecnicas Avanzadas de Investigacion   (Spain)

^c Hospital Universitario Sant Joan de Reus   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EARLY CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC COUNSELING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EXAMINATION; SPAIN;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PERSONALITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0347032929     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.704     Document Type: Article

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