Benefit finding and post-traumatic growth in long-term colorectal cancer survivors: Prevalence, determinants, and associations with quality of life

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1158-1165

  Jansen, L ^a   Hoffmeister, M ^a   Chang Claude, J ^a   Brenner, H ^a   Arndt, V ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

benefit finding; cancer survivors; colorectal cancer; long term; post traumatic growth; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENEFIT FINDING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POST TRAUMATIC GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 80053945299     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.335     Document Type: Article

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