Testicular cancer: A longitudinal pilot study on stress response symptoms and quality of life in couples before and after chemotherapy

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 279-286

  Tuinman, Marrit A ^a   Hoekstra, Harald J ^a   Sleijfer, Dirk Th ^a   Fleer, Joke ^a   Vidrine, Damon J ^b   Gritz, Ellen R ^b   Hoekstra Weebers, Josette E H M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c Integraal Kankercentrum Noord Nederland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Partners; Quality of life; Stress response symptoms; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS; TESTIS CANCER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NETHERLANDS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847107616     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-006-0119-5     Document Type: Article

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