Support groups in advanced breast cancer: Living better if not longer

Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 11 SUPPL., 2005, Pages 2596-2601

  Goodwin, Pamela J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer advocacy; Metastatic breast carcinoma; Randomized trials; Support group; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 28044435077     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21245     Document Type: Conference Paper

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