Quality of life and its relation to cancer-related stress in women of families with hereditary cancer without demonstrated mutation

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 461-470

  Geirdal, Amy Østertun ^a   Mæhle, Lovise ^a   Heimdal, Ketil ^a   Stormorken, Astrid ^a   Møller, Pål ^a   Dahl, Alv A ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Familial cancer; Impact of Event Scale; Mental distress; Quality of life; Short Form 12; Unknown mutation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT FORM 12; STRESS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33645105201     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-005-3008-3     Document Type: Article

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