Is it time to reconsider the term “cancer survivor”?

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 413-426

  Berry, Leonard L ^a,b   Davis, Scott W ^c   Godfrey Flynn, Andrea ^d   Landercasper, Jeffrey ^e   Deming, Katie A ^f  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DOWNTOWN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^e GUNDERSEN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

age life course; breast cancer type; older adults; qualitative research methods; quantitative research methods; survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CODING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; BREAST TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NOMENCLATURE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER SURVIVORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 85059701505     PISSN: 07347332     EISSN: 15407586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347332.2018.1522411     Document Type: Article

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