Social networks and survival after breast cancer diagnosis

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 372-380

  Beasley, Jeannette M ^a   Newcomb, Polly A ^a,b   Trentham Dietz, Amy ^b   Hampton, John M ^b   Ceballos, Rachel M ^a   Titus Ernstoff, Linda ^c   Egan, Kathleen M ^d   Holmes, Michelle D ^e  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer; Mortality; Oncology; Social networks; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOMA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 78449260706     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-010-0139-5     Document Type: Article

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