Pessimism is no poison

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 705-707

  Schapira, Lidia ^a   Butow, Phyllis ^a   Brown, Richard ^a   Boyle, Frances ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAUNDICE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; METASTASIS; PANCREAS CANCER; PESSIMISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; LIVER TUMOR; PANCREAS TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77449161300     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2009.25.0027     Document Type: Short Survey

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