Impact of psychotherapy on cancer survival: Time to move on?

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 372-377

  Boesen, Ellen H ^a   Johansen, Christoffer ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer; Intervention; Psychosocial; Survival

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; MELANOMA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPLICATION STUDY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; DEPRESSION; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME;

DEPRESSION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47249148933     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCO.0b013e3283021690     Document Type: Review

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