Depression - An independent predictor of early death in patients with advanced cancer

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 127-132

  Lloyd Williams, Mari ^a   Shiels, Chris ^a   Taylor, Fiona ^b   Dennis, Mick ^c  

^a Academic Palliative and Supportive Care Studies Group   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Swansea School of Education   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Depression; Palliative care; Prognostic factors; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SAMPLE; SCREENING; SYMPTOM;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 58149101974     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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