Economic analysis of psychosocial group therapy in women with metastatic breast cancer

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-190

  Lemieux, Julie ^a   Topp, Adam ^b   Chappell, Heather ^b   Ennis, Marguerite ^c   Goodwin, Pamela J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Metastatic breast cancer; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MOOD DISORDER; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750312327     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-006-9249-1     Document Type: Article

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