"It Doesn't End on the Last Day of Treatment": A Psychoeducational Intervention for Women after Adjuvant Treatment for Early Stage Breast Cancer

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 25-41

  Lethborg, Carrie E ^a,b,c   Kissane, David W ^d  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Australia)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Group work; Psychoeducation; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUP; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; STRESS;

EID: 1642525290     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J077v21n03_02     Document Type: Review

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