Screening for Distress in Routine Oncological Care-A Survey in 520 Melanoma Patients

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Loquai, Carmen ^a   Scheurich, Vera ^a   Syring, Nils ^a   Schmidtmann, Irene ^a   Rietz, Stephan ^a   Werner, Andreas ^b   Grabbe, Stephan ^a   Beutel, Manfred E ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Tumor Centre Rhineland Pfalz Mainz   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NAUSEA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCREENING; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879810089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066800     Document Type: Article

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