Association between socioeconomic status and altered appearance distress, body image, and quality of life among breast cancer patients

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 8607-8612

  Chang, Oliver ^a   Choi, Eun Kyung ^b   Kim, Im Ryung ^b   Nam, Seok Jin ^b   Lee, Jeong Eon ^b   Lee, Se Kyung ^b   Im, Young Hyuck ^b   Park, Yeon Hee ^b   Cho, Juhee ^b,c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Altered appearance distress; Body image; Breast cancer; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; SURVIVOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84911098015     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.20.8607     Document Type: Article

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