Perceived threat and PTSD symptoms in women undergoing surgery for gynecologic cancer or benign conditions

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 783-787

  Posluszny, Donna M ^a,b   Edwards, Robert P ^a,b   Dew, Mary Amanda ^a   Baum, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; gynecologic; oncology; PTSD; threat

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; VULVA CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79959760363     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1771     Document Type: Article

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