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Adjusting to pancreatic cancer: perspectives from first-degree relatives.

Palliative & supportive care - 1 Sept 2009

Petrin Kerri, Bowen Deborah J, Alfano Catherine M, Bennett Robin

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OBJECTIVE: The combination of a difficult early diagnosis, few treatment options, and high mortality rate could make the experience of pancreatic cancer different from the experience of other cancers, both for patients and families. To design effective interventions for families with a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, there is need for a model of family members' adjustment to cancer that is specific to these...

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PMID: 19788769
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951509990204

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