Perceived positive impact of cancer among long-term survivors of childhood cancer: A report from the childhood cancer survivor study

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 630-639

  Zebrack, Brad J ^a   Stuber, Margaret L ^b   Meeske, Kathleen A ^c   Phipps, Sean ^d   Krull, Kevin R ^d   Liu, Qi ^e   Yasui, Yutaka ^e   Parry, Carla ^f   Hamilton, Rachel ^g   Robison, Leslie L ^d   Zeltzer, Lonnie K ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^d ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood cancer; event centrality; psychosocial; survivors; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; PERCEIVED POSITIVE IMPACT; POST TRAUMATIC GROWTH INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; SIBLING; SPIRITUAL CARE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIBLINGS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861803308     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1959     Document Type: Article

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