No effect on survival of home psychosocial intervention in a randomized study of Danish colorectal cancer patients

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 875-885

  Ross, Lone ^a,b   Frederiksen, Kirsten ^a   Boesen, Sidsel H ^a   Karlsen, Randi V ^a   Rasmussen, Morten S ^b   Sørensen, Lars T ^b   Jørgensen, Torben ^b,c   Claesson, Mogens H ^d   Johansen, Christoffer ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer; Immunology; Intervention studies; Mortality; Oncology; Social support

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; PHENOTYPE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 70349611275     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1524     Document Type: Article

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