Helplessness/hopelessness, minimization and optimism predict survival in women with invasive ovarian cancer: a role for targeted support during initial treatment decision-making?

Helplessness/hopelessness, minimization and optimism predict survival in women with invasive ovarian cancer: a role for targeted support during initial treatment decision-making?

Women with advanced ovarian cancer generally have a poor prognosis but there is significant variability in survival despite similar disease characteristics and treatment regimens. The aim of this study was to determine whether psychosocial factors predict survival in women with ovarian cancer, contr...

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Main Authors: Price, Melanie A, Butow, Phyllis N, Bell, Melanie L, deFazio, Anna, Friedlander, Michael, Fardell, Joanna E, Protani, Melinda M, Webb, Penelope M
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Mel & Enid Zuckerman Coll Publ Hlth, Div Epidemiol & Biostat
Language:en
Published: Springer 2016
Subjects:
Ovarian cancer
Oncology
Psychological factors
Survival
Predictors
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/615616
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/615616

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