Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM): A randomized controlled trial of a psychological intervention for patients with advanced cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 23, 2018, Pages 2422-2432

  Rodin, Gary ^a,b   Lo, Christopher ^a,b   Rydall, Anne ^a   Shnall, Joanna ^a   Malfitano, Carmine ^a   Chiu, Aubrey ^a   Panday, Tania ^a   Watt, Sarah ^a   An, Ekaterina ^a   Nissim, Rinat ^a,b   Li, Madeline ^a,b   Zimmermann, Camilla ^a,b   Hales, Sarah ^a,b  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE BURDEN; ENDOCRINE CANCER; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SARCOMA; TERMINAL CARE; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER; UTERINE TUBE CARCINOMA; VATER PAPILLA CARCINOMA; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85052707845     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2017.77.1097     Document Type: Article

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