Short term psychological distress in patients actively approached for genetic counselling after diagnosis of breast cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 42, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 2722-2728

  Schlich Bakker, Kathryn J ^a   Wárlám Rodenhuis, Carla C ^a   van Echtelt, Jeanne ^a   van den Bout, Jan ^b   Ausems, Margreet G E M ^a   ten Kroode, Herman F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Approach; Breast cancer; Genetic counselling; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33750069463     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2006.05.032     Document Type: Article

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