Transition to breast cancer survivorship: A longitudinal qualitative follow-up study of two-year survivors

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-127

  Lally, Robin M ^a   Underhill, Meghan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

adjustment; breast cancer; longitudinal; qualitative; survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856841925     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2011.633983     Document Type: Article

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