Quality of life among long-term survivors of breast cancer: Different types of antecedents predict different classes of outcomes

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 749-758

  Carver, Charles S ^a,b   Smith, Roselyn G ^a   Petronis, Vida M ^a,b   Antoni, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustment; Breast cancer; Long term survivors; Personality; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PERSONALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748783041     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1006     Document Type: Article

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