Psychological morbidity and stress but not social factors influence level of fear of cancer recurrence in young women with early breast cancer: Results of a cross-sectional study

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2797-2806

  Thewes, B ^a   Bell, M L ^a   Butow, P ^a   Beith, J ^b   Boyle, F ^a,c,d   Friedlander, M ^e   McLachlan, S A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Patricia Ritchie Centre for Cancer Care and Research   (Australia)

^d Mater Hospital   (Australia)

^e PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

breast cancer; cancer; comorbidity; fear of recurrence; oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONSUMER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EARLY CANCER; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER; COMORBIDITY; FEAR OF RECURRENCE; ONCOLOGY;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84890127673     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3348     Document Type: Article

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