Fear of recurrence and psychological distress in head and neck cancer patients and their carers

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 841-848

  Hodges, Laura J ^a,c   Humphris, Gerry M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers; Fear of recurrence; Head and neck cancer; Oncology; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEAR; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70349616291     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1346     Document Type: Article

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