Psychological morbidity and quality of life of ethnic minority patients with cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1240-1248

  Luckett, Tim ^a,b   Goldstein, David ^b,c   Butow, Phyllis N ^a   Gebski, Val ^a   Aldridge, Lynley J ^a   McGrane, Joshua ^a,d   Ng, Weng ^e   King, Madeleine T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e Liverpool Cancer Therapy Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER PATIENT; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUNGARIAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROMANIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82555169676     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(11)70212-1     Document Type: Article

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