Psychological interventions for women with metastatic breast cancer

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Edwards, Adrian G K ^a   Hulbert Williams, Nicholas ^b   Neal, Richard D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

*Psychotherapy; Adult; Breast neoplasms *psychology ; Female; Humans

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DATA BASE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SUPPORT GROUP; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 55049142471     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004253.pub3     Document Type: Review

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