Do "Rapid" PSA Assays Reduce Anxiety and Stress of Prostate Cancer Patients Undergoing Regular Review? A Prospective Evaluation

Urology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 567-572

  Wilkinson, Simon ^a   Warren, Katherine ^a   Ramsden, Alistair ^a   Matthews, Alicia ^b   Chodak, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COPING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STRESS;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 41149163913     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.10.065     Document Type: Article

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