Illness-related distress in women with clinically localized cutaneous melanoma

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 675-679

  Atkinson, Thomas M ^a   Noce, Nikki S ^b   Hay, Jennifer ^a   Rafferty, Brian T ^a   Brady, Mary S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CUTANEOUS MELANOMA; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEAR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILLNESS RELATED DISTRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878869325     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-012-2635-5     Document Type: Article

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