The impact of an expressive writing intervention on quality of life among Chinese breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 165-173

  Lu, Qian ^a,b   Dong, Lu ^c   Wu, Ivan H C ^a   You, Jin ^d   Huang, Jialing ^e   Hu, Yan ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^d WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY SHANGHAI CANCER CENTER   (China)

^f FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese breast cancer patients; Expressive writing; Positive thinking; Quality of life; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; WRITING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST TUMOR; CHINA; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; OPTIMISM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER SURVIVORS; CHINA; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIMISM; PALLIATIVE CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; WRITING;

EID: 85048654623     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-018-4308-9     Document Type: Article

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