Fear of cancer recurrence among patients with localized prostate cancer

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¹ Centro de Câncer de Brasília, Instituto Unity de Ensino e Pesquisa, Brasília, Brazil.
² Division of Urology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas.
³ Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.

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Cristiane Decat Bergerot et al. Cancer. 2021.

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. 2021 Nov 15;127(22):4140-4141.

doi: 10.1002/cncr.33837. Epub 2021 Aug 6.

¹ Centro de Câncer de Brasília, Instituto Unity de Ensino e Pesquisa, Brasília, Brazil.
² Division of Urology, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas.
³ Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.

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Keywords: cancer; fear of cancer recurrence; oncology; prostate cancer; psychological distress; survivorship.

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Meissner VH, Olze L, Schiele S, Ankerst DP, Jahnen M, Gschwend JE, Herkommer K, Dinkel A. Meissner VH, et al. Cancer. 2021 Nov 15;127(22):4287-4295. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33836. Epub 2021 Aug 6. Cancer. 2021. PMID: 34358337

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