Identifying and predicting behaviour outcomes in cancer patients undergoing curative treatment

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 490-493

  Thomas, Bejoy Cherian ^a,b   Pandey, Manoj ^a   Ramdas, Kunnambath ^a   Thomas, Immanuel ^b   Changat, Manoj ^b   Nandamohan, Vasudevanpillai ^b   Nair, Madhavan Krishnan ^a  

^a REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RELIGION; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STANDARDIZATION;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 3543143612     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.818     Document Type: Short Survey

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