Association of optimism-pessimism with quality of life in patients with head and neck and thyroid cancers

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1545-1552

  Kung, Simon ^a   Rummans, Teresa A ^a   Colligan, Robert C ^a   Clark, Matthew M ^a   Sloan, Jeff A ^a   Novotny, Paul J ^a   Huntington, Jefrey L ^b  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVOR; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; OPTIMISM; PERSONALITY; PESSIMISM; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; THYROID CANCER;

EID: 33845304320     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/81.12.1545     Document Type: Article

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