Does the occurrence of adverse life events in patients with breast cancer lead to a change in illness behaviour?

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1407-1414

  Geyer, Siegfried ^a   Noeres, Dorothee ^a   Mollova, Mariya ^a   Sassmann, Heike ^a   Prochnow, Alexandra ^a   Neises, Mechthild ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Delay; Illness behaviour; Life events

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 55549146092     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-008-0492-3     Document Type: Article

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