Reply: Benefits of screening cancer patients for distress still not demonstrated

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 738-739

  Carlson, L E ^a,b   Waller, A ^b   Groff, S L ^a   Zhong, L ^b   Bultz, B D ^a,b  

^a TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PAIN; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRIAGE;

EID: 84875224297     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.17     Document Type: Letter

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