Psychological distress and quality of life in cervical cancer survivors after radiotherapy do treatment modalities, disease stage, and self-esteem influence outcomes?

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1264-1268

  Kobayashi, Mika ^a,b,c   Ohno, Tatsuya ^c,d   Noguchi, Wataru ^b,c   Matsuda, Ayako ^b,c   Matsushima, Eisuke ^b   Kato, Shingo ^b   Tsujii, Hirohiko ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d GUNMA UNIVERSITY HEAVY ION MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Psychological distress; Quality of life; Self esteem; Survivors

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FAMILY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ANXIETY; CARCINOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 73449128055     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181a3e124     Document Type: Article

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