Endometrial Cancer Survivors' Perceptions of Provider Obesity Counseling and Attempted Behavior Change: Are We Seizing the Moment?

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 318-324

  Clark, Leslie H ^a   Ko, Emily M ^b   Kernodle, Amber ^a   Harris, Ariel ^a   Moore, Dominic T ^a   Gehrig, Paola A ^a   Bae Jump, Victoria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial cancer; Obesity; Survey; Survivors; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY MASS; CANCER SURVIVOR; DIET; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; ONCOLOGIST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLICATION; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84957600462     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0000000000000596     Document Type: Article

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