title: Psychosocial correlates of oestrogen and progesterone receptors in breast cancer.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Service, Jules Bordet Institute, Free University, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Razavi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Farvacques
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Delvaux
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Beffort
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paesmans
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leclercq
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Van Houtte
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Paridaens
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone