Fear of cancer recurrence: A practical guide for clinicians

ONCOLOGY (United States)

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 32-38

  Butow, Phyllis ^a   Sharpe, Louise ^a   Thewes, Belinda ^b   Turner, Jane ^c   Gilchrist, Jemma ^d   Beith, Jane ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e Department of Medical Oncology ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEAR; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

FEAR; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 85047177742     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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