Consulting and prescribing behaviour for anxiety and depression in long-term survivors of cancer in the UK

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3339-3344

  Khan, Nada F ^a   Ward, Alison M ^a   Watson, Eila ^b   Rose, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Neoplasms; Palliative care; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; FLUOXETINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 78649618170     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.07.035     Document Type: Article

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