Impact of psychotherapeutic support for patients with gastrointestinal cancer undergoing surgery: 10-Year survival results of a randomized trial

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 2702-2708

  Küchler, Thomas ^a   Bestmann, Beate ^a   Rappat, Stefanie ^a   Henne Bruns, Doris ^a   Wood Dauphinee, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMACH CANCER; SUPPORT GROUP; ANXIETY; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HEALTH CARE COST; METHODOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANXIETY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34447579176     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2006.08.2883     Document Type: Article

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