Screening for distress in cancer patients: A multicenter, nationwide study in Italy

Cancer

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1714-1721

  Grassi, Luigi ^a   Johansen, Christoffer ^b   Annunziata, Maria Antonietta ^c   Capovilla, Eleonora ^d   Costantini, Anna ^e   Gritti, Paolo ^f   Torta, Riccardo ^g   Bellani, Marco ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cancer; education; emotional distress; psycho oncology; screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876665648     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27902     Document Type: Article

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