Psychological distress in long-term survivors of adult-onset cancer: Results from a national survey

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1274-1281

  Hoffman, Karen E ^a,b   McCarthy, Ellen P ^b,d   Recklitis, Christopher J ^c,d   Ng, Andrea K ^a,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; SCREENING; SCREENING TEST; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67749089182     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.179     Document Type: Article

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