Anxiety in women with breast cancer undergoing treatment: A systematic review

International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 215-235

  Lim, Chi Ching ^a   Kamala Devi, M ^b   Ang, Emily ^b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d Singapore Cancer Institute   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Nursing; Oncology; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANXIETY; BREAST TUMOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANXIETY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; PREVALENCE; RADIOTHERAPY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855183753     PISSN: 17441595     EISSN: 17441609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1609.2011.00221.x     Document Type: Review

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