Myth-busters: Telling the true story of brest cancer survivorship

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 96, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 1800-1801

  Schover, Leslie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANADA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIVORCE; EARLY MENOPAUSE; EDITORIAL; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MINORITY GROUP; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DIVORCE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 11444266493     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djh346     Document Type: Editorial

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