Psychological symptoms of breast cancer survivors: A comparison with matched healthy controls and the association with cancer-related stress and coping

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 59-74

  Karademas, Evangelos C ^a   Argyropoulou, Katerina ^b   Karvelis, Spyridoula ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Hellenic Association of Women with Breast Cancer   (Greece)

Author keywords

Breast cancer survivors; Coping; Focusing on the positive; Psychological health; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GREECE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MASTECTOMY; MENTAL STRESS; METASTASIS; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 34548438529     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J077v25n03_04     Document Type: Article

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