Fear of cancer recurrence in survivor and caregiver dyads: differences by sexual orientation and how dyad members influence each other

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 802-813

  Boehmer, Ulrike ^a   Tripodis, Yorghos ^a   Bazzi, Angela R ^a   Winter, Michael ^a   Clark, Melissa A ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Caregiving; Dyads; Fear of recurrence; Psychological needs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAREGIVER; FEAR; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIANISM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAREGIVERS; FEAR; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84959114779     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-016-0526-7     Document Type: Article

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