Support groups in breast cancer: When a negative result is positive

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 4244-4246

  Goodwin, Pamela J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MOOD DISORDER; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUPPORT GROUP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 16544365199     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2004.06.926     Document Type: Editorial

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