Anticipatory psychological distress in women scheduled for diagnostic and curative breast cancer surgery

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-28

  Schnur, Julie B ^a   Montgomery, Guy H ^a   Hallquist, Michael N ^a   Goldfarb, Alisan B ^a   Silverstein, Jeffrey H ^a   Weltz, Christina R ^a   Kowalski, Alexis V ^a   Bovbjerg, Dana H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective disturbance; Breast neoplasms; Operative; Surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 41349116785     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03003070     Document Type: Article

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