Breast cancer survivors of different sexual orientations: Which factors explain survivors' quality of life and adjustment?

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1622-1630

  Boehmer, U ^a   Glickman, M ^b,c   Winter, M ^b   Clark, M A ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Center for Health Quality Outcomes and Economic Research   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Breast cancer; Depression; Female; Homosexuality; Quality of life; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL MINORITY; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ANXIETY; BREAST CANCER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVORSHIP;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84878436587     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt035     Document Type: Article

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