Nonmelanoma skin cancer: Disease-specific quality-of-life concerns and distress

Oncology Nursing Forum

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-65

  Radiotis, George ^a   Roberts, Nicole ^a   Czajkowska, Zofia ^a   Khanna, Manish ^a,b   Körner, Annett ^a,c,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Distress; Importance of appearance; Nonmelanoma skin cancer; Psychosocial concerns; Quality of life; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BODY IMAGE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPORTANCE OF APPEARANCE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NONMELANOMA SKIN CANCER; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CONCERNS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VERY ELDERLY;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; DISTRESS; IMPORTANCE OF APPEARANCE; NONMELANOMA SKIN CANCER; PSYCHOSOCIAL CONCERNS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; BODY IMAGE; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUEBEC; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84893101774     PISSN: 0190535X     EISSN: 15380688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/14.ONF.57-65     Document Type: Article

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