Impact of two supportive care interventions on anxiety, depression, quality of life, and unmet needs in patients with nonlocalized breast and colorectal cancers

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 36, 2009, Pages 6180-6190

  Girgis, Afaf ^a   Breen, Sibilah ^a   Stacey, Fiona ^a   Lecathelinais, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOLOGIST GENERAL PRACTITIONER MODEL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEPHONE CASEWORKER MODEL; BREAST TUMOR; COLORECTAL TUMOR; INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 74949136341     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2009.22.8718     Document Type: Article

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