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Global stress predicts both positive and negative emotional adjustment at diagnosis and post-surgery in women with breast cancer
Psycho-Oncology, 04/24/2012
Groarke AM et al. – Global appraisal of stress was the most powerful predictor in the model, and findings suggest that it contributes to patients' affective status, indicating that women should be screened as part of the diagnostic process to identify those at risk for poor adaptation to the illness.
