The impact of having a sister diagnosed with breast cancer on cancer-related distress and breast cancer risk perception

Cancer

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1722-1728

  Metcalfe, Kelly A ^a,b   Quan, May Lynn ^c   Eisen, Andrea ^d   Cil, Tulin ^b   Sun, Ping ^b   Narod, Steven A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

breast cancer; cancer risk perception; distress; sisters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER RISK; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIBLING;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84876682828     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27924     Document Type: Article

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