Fear of recurrence and causal attributions in long-term survivors of testicular cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1222-1228

  Pedersen, Anette Fischer ^a   Rossen, Philip ^b   Olesen, Frede ^a   Von Der Maase, Hans ^c   Vedsted, Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cancer; causal attributions; fear of recurrence; long term survivorship; oncology

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEAR; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROPATHY; OTOTOXICITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; TESTIS CANCER;

CANCER; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTIONS; FEAR OF RECURRENCE; LONG-TERM SURVIVORSHIP; ONCOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAUSALITY; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84868589805     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.2030     Document Type: Article

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