Adjustment to cancer in the 8 years following diagnosis: A longitudinal study comparing cancer survivors with healthy individuals

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 598-610

  Schroevers, Maya ^a   Ranchor, Adelita V ^b   Sanderman, Robbert ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benefits; Cancer survivors; Long term adjustment; Meaning; Positive changes; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVORSHIP;

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NETHERLANDS; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33744792042     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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