The relationship between cancer patient's fear of recurrence and radiotherapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 738-746

  Yang, Yuan ^a   Cameron, Josie ^b   Humphris, Gerry ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer; fear of recurrence; meta analysis; oncology; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHOROID MELANOMA; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEAR; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG CANCER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; META ANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; UTILIZATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84992517644     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.4224     Document Type: Review

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