Finding what is not there: Unwarranted claims of an effect of psychosocial intervention on recurrence and survival

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 5612-5616

  Stefanek, Michael E ^a   Palmer, Steven C ^b   Thombs, Brett D ^c,d   Coyne, James C ^b  

^a BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Psychological intervention; Recurrence; Survival

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK REDUCTION; STRESS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIOENVIRONMENTAL THERAPY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 73149099915     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24671     Document Type: Note

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