The prevalence, severity, and correlates of psychological distress and impaired health-related quality of life following treatment for testicular cancer: a survivorship study

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 223-233

  Smith, Allan Ben ^a,b   Butow, Phyllis ^a   Olver, Ian ^c   Luckett, Tim ^d   Grimison, Peter ^b,e   Toner, Guy C ^b,f   Stockler, Martin R ^b,g,m   Hovey, Elizabeth ^b,h   Stubbs, John ^b,i   Turner, Sandra ^j   Hruby, George ^g,m   Gurney, Howard ^j   Alam, Mahmood ^k   Cox, Keith ^g   King, Madeleine T ^a,b,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer Trials Group   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^g Chris O Brien Lifehouse   (Australia)

^h PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ CanSpeak   (Australia)

^j WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^k LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^m Department of Geriatric Medicine   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Oncology; Psychological distress; Survivorship; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR; TESTIS TUMOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937064717     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-015-0468-5     Document Type: Article

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