Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 775-784 , November 2009

A Meta-Analysis of the Relationship Between Response Expectancies and Cancer Treatment-Related Side Effects

  • Stephanie J. Sohl, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Stephanie J. Sohl, PhD, Department of Oncological Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1425 Madison Avenue, Box 1130, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA.
    • ,
  • Julie B. Schnur, PhD
    • ,
  • Guy H. Montgomery, PhD

,Accepted 19 February 2009.

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 This work was supported by the National Cancer Institute (5R25CA081137; K07CA131473) and the American Cancer Society (#RSGPB-04-213-01-CPPB).

 The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Cancer Institute or the National Institutes of Health.

PII: S0885-3924(09)00701-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.01.008

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 775-784 , November 2009

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