Patient-oncologist alliance, psychosocial well-being, and treatment adherence among young adults with advanced cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1683-1689

  Trevino, Kelly M ^a   Fasciano, Karen ^a   Prigerson, Holly G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; METASTASIS; ONCOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; NEOPLASM; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884564901     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2012.46.7993     Document Type: Article

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