Who Is a Cancer Survivor? A Systematic Review of Published Definitions

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 228-237

  Marzorati, Chiara ^a   Riva, Silvia ^a,b   Pravettoni, Gabriella ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cancer survivor; Communication; Psychological aspects

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURVIVOR; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLICATION;

CANCER SURVIVORS; HUMANS; PUBLICATIONS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84957637075     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-016-0997-2     Document Type: Review

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