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Emotional well-being does not predict survival in head and neck cancer patients†

A radiation therapy oncology group study

  1. James C. Coyne PhD1,‡,*,
  2. Thomas F. Pajak PhD2,
  3. Jonathan Harris MS2,
  4. Andre Konski MD3,
  5. Benjamin Movsas MD3,
  6. Kian Ang MD4,
  7. Deborah Watkins Bruner PhD5

Article first published online: 22 OCT 2007

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23080

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 110, Issue 11, pages 2568–2575, 1 December 2007

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Coyne, J. C., Pajak, T. F., Harris, J., Konski, A., Movsas, B., Ang, K. and Watkins Bruner, D. (2007), Emotional well-being does not predict survival in head and neck cancer patients. Cancer, 110: 2568–2575. doi: 10.1002/cncr.23080

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  1. 1

    Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  2. 2

    Radiation Oncology Group, Statistics Department, American College of Radiology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  3. 3

    Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  4. 4

    Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

  5. 5

    School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  1. ‡

    Fax: (215) 349-5067

*Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Health System, 3535 Market Street, Room 676, Philadelphia, PA 19104

  1. †

    Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Orlando, Florida, March 3–6, 2004.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 19 NOV 2007
  2. Article first published online: 22 OCT 2007
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 7 SEP 2007
  4. Manuscript Revised: 23 JUN 2007
  5. Manuscript Received: 25 APR 2007

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