From normal response to clinical problem: definition and clinical features of fear of cancer recurrence

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 3265-3268

  Lebel, Sophie ^a   Ozakinci, Gozde ^b   Humphris, Gerald ^b   Mutsaers, Brittany ^a   Thewes, Belinda ^c   Prins, Judith ^c   Dinkel, Andreas ^d   Butow, Phyllis ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical fear of cancer recurrence; Definition; Delphi study; Expert opinion; Fear of cancer recurrence; Psychosocial oncology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEAR; FEAR OF CANCER RECURRENCE; FUNCTIONAL DISSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALADJUSTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT WORRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THINKING; FEMALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SURVIVOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84966713483     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-016-3272-5     Document Type: Article

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