Psychosocial correlates of oestrogen and progesterone receptors in breast cancer.
Psychosocial correlates of hormone receptor status in primary breast cancers were investigated in 93 consecutive patients. Life event, coping style, and psychological adjustment self-report scales were completed. The 75 patients with receptor-positive (oestrogen and/or progesterone) tumours were better adjusted psychologically than the 18 patients with receptor-negative lesions. These findings may explain the relations that have been found between psychosocial variables and survival.
Razavi
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Internal Medicine Service, Jules Bordet Institute, Free University, Brussels, Belgium.
Farvacques
C
C
Delvaux
N
N
Beffort
T
T
Paesmans
M
M
Leclercq
G
G
Van Houtte
P
P
Paridaens
R
R
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000032:analysis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000032:analysis*; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone / Q000032:analysis*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012095:Repression-Sensitization; D012647:Self-Assessment
D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone