Ending treatment: The course of emotional adjustment and quality of life among breast cancer survivors immediately following radiation therapy

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1018-1026

  Deshields, Teresa ^a   Tibbs, Tiffany ^a,b,c   Fan, Ming Yu ^d   Bayer, Laura ^e   Taylor, Marie ^a,b   Fisher, Edwin ^a,b,c  

^a USA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Comprehensive Neuropsychological Services ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Depression; End of treatment; Psychological adjustment; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORS; WASHINGTON; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 27744516872     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-005-0801-z     Document Type: Article

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