Use of health-related and cancer-specific support groups among adult cancer survivors

Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2580-2589

  Owen, Jason E ^a   Goldstein, Michael S ^b   Lee, Jennifer H ^b   Breen, Nancy ^c   Rowland, Julia H ^c  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Cancer; Support; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SKIN CANCER; SUPPORT GROUP; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250204901     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22719     Document Type: Article

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