A qualitative exploration of fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) amongst Australian and Canadian breast cancer survivors

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 2269-2276

  Thewes, B ^a,b   Lebel, S ^c,d   Seguin Leclair, C ^c   Butow, P ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT DU SAVOIR MONTFORT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Coping; FCR; Fear of recurrence; Oncology; Worst fear

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BREAST CANCER; CANADIAN; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COOPERATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; FEAR; FEAR OF RECURRENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REASSURANCE; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SUPPORT GROUP; AUSTRALIA; BREAST TUMOR; CANADA; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84947417582     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-015-3025-x     Document Type: Article

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