When fear of cancer recurrence becomes a clinical issue: a qualitative analysis of features associated with clinical fear of cancer recurrence

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 4207-4218

  Mutsaers, Brittany ^a   Jones, Georden ^a   Rutkowski, Nicole ^a   Tomei, Christina ^a   Séguin Leclair, Caroline ^a   Petricone Westwood, Danielle ^a   Simard, Sébastien ^b   Lebel, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical fear of cancer recurrence; Fear of cancer recurrence; Psychosocial oncology; Qualitative analysis; Semi structured interview

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ANXIETY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84966705324     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-016-3248-5     Document Type: Article

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