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Is psychological distress in men recently diagnosed with testicular cancer associated with their neuropsychological test performance?

  1. Tone Skaali1,2,*,
  2. Sophie D. Fosså1,2,
  3. Stein Andersson3,
  4. Carl W. Langberg4,
  5. Gustav Lehne5,
  6. Alv A. Dahl1,2

Article first published online: 5 APR 2010

DOI: 10.1002/pon.1737

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Psycho‐Oncology

Psycho-Oncology

Volume 20, Issue 4, pages 369–377, April 2011

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Skaali, T., Fosså, S. D., Andersson, S., Langberg, C. W., Lehne, G. and Dahl, A. A. (2011), Is psychological distress in men recently diagnosed with testicular cancer associated with their neuropsychological test performance?. Psycho-Oncology, 20: 369–377. doi: 10.1002/pon.1737

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  1. 1

    National Resource Center for Late Effects, Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, Oslo, Norway

  2. 2

    Faculty Division, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

  3. 3

    Department of Neuropsychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway

  4. 4

    Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevaal Hospital, Oslo, Norway

  5. 5

    Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway

*National Resource Center for Late Effects, Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, N-0310 Oslo, Norway

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 21 MAR 2011
  2. Article first published online: 5 APR 2010
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 31 DEC 2009
  4. Manuscript Revised: 18 SEP 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 16 MAR 2009

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