Reduced rates of cancer-related worries and mortality associated with guideline surveillance after breast cancer therapy

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-67

  Lash, Timothy L ^a,b,c,d   Clough Gorr, Kerri ^a,b   Silliman, Rebecca A ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Mortality; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AFTERCARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 13644257698     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-004-1472-z     Document Type: Article

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