The cancer worry chart: A single-item screening measure of worry about developing breast cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 593-597

  Gramling, Robert ^a,d   Anthony, David ^a   Frierson, Georita ^b   Bowen, Deborah ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cooper Institute ^*  (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Health related functioning; Oncology; Primary care; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PILOT STUDY; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447258185     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1128     Document Type: Article

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