Assessment of psychological responses in patients about to receive radiotherapy

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 478-484

  Karasawa, Kumiko ^a,d   Horikawa, Naoshi ^b   Kawase, Eri ^c   Seki, Kaori ^d   Kohno, Mari ^d   Shinoda, Hirofumi ^d   Nasu, Sachiko ^d   Muramatsu, Hiroyuki ^d   Maebayashi, Katsuya ^d   Mitsuhashi, Norio ^d  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mental adjustment of cancer scale; Profile of mood states; Psychological responses; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 29344442527     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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