Social networks, social support, and survival after breast cancer diagnosis

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1105-1111

  Kroenke, Candyce H ^a   Kubzansky, Laura D ^b   Schernhammer, Eva S ^b   Holmes, Michelle D ^b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL STUDY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIGIOUS GROUP; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BREAST TUMOR; COMMUNITY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644989152     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.04.2846     Document Type: Article

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