Coping response and survival in breast cancer patients: A new analysis

Stress and Health

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 376-380

  Watson, M ^a,c,d   Homewood, J ^b   Haviland, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adjustment; breast cancer; cancer; coping; oncology; survival

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84868526609     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.2459     Document Type: Article

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