The measurement of psychological distress in men being investigated for the presence of prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 384-389

  Awsare, N S ^a   Green, J S A ^b   Aldwinckle, B ^a   Hanbury, D C ^a   Boustead, G B ^a   McNicholas, T A ^a  

^a LISTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WHIPPS CROSS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 56249124915     PISSN: 13657852     EISSN: 14765608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pcan.2008.21     Document Type: Article

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