Perception of burden experienced during diagnostic tests by melanoma patients with lymph node metastases

Melanoma Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-41

  Bastiaannet, Esther ^a,e   Hoekstra Weebers, Josette E ^b,e   Francken, Anne Brecht ^a   Jager, Piet L ^c   Van Der Jagt, Eric J ^d   Hoekstra, Harald J ^a,d  

^a Surgical Oncology Department   (Netherlands)

^b Health Psychology Department

^c Nuclear Medicine and PET Center

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e Integraal Kankercentrum Noord Nederland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burden; Computed tomography; Diagnostic tests; Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography; Melanoma; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHAME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 59549094869     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0b013e32831993b7     Document Type: Article

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