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Influence of family history on psychosocial distress and perceived need for treatment in prostate cancer survivors.
Familial cancer - 1 Sept 2014
Dinkel Andreas, Kornmayer Marielouise, Gschwend Jürgen E, Marten-Mittag Birgitt, Herschbach Peter, Herkommer Kathleen
Abstract excerpt
Familial clustering is common in prostate cancer (PCa), but the psychosocial consequences of being a PCa patient in an affected family are not well understood. This study investigated the effects of family history of PCa on psychosocial distress and perceived psychosocial treatment need. Data were gathered within the German national research project "Familial Prostate Cancer". 4.123 PCa survivors who had...
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