Quality of life and stress response symptoms in long-term and recent spouses of testicular cancer survivors

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1696-1703

  Tuinman, Marrit A ^a   Fleer, Joke ^a   Hoekstra, Harald J ^a   Sleijfer, Dirk Th ^a   Hoekstra Weebers, Josette E H M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Compreh Cancer Ctr N Netherlands ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer survivor; Long term; Quality of life; Stress response symptom; Testicular

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SPOUSE; STRESS; TESTIS CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3142646921     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2004.03.020     Document Type: Article

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