Meta-analysis of stress-related factors in cancer

Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Coyne, James C ^a   Ranchor, Adelita V ^b   Palmer, Steven C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD DEATH; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; LETTER; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLE SIZE; STRESS; SURVIVAL TIME; VALIDITY; META ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77951788499     PISSN: 17594774     EISSN: 17594782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncponc1134-c1     Document Type: Letter

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