Towards an evidence-based model of fear of cancer recurrence for breast cancer survivors

Journal of Cancer Survivorship

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 41-47

  Custers, José A E ^a   Gielissen, Marieke F M ^b   de Wilt, Johannes H W ^a   Honkoop, Aafke ^c   Smilde, Tineke J ^d   van Spronsen, Dick Johan ^e   van der Veld, William ^f   van der Graaf, Winette T A ^a,g   Prins, Judith B ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^g INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Fear of cancer recurrence; Oncology; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84978123721     PISSN: 19322259     EISSN: 19322267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11764-016-0558-z     Document Type: Article

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