Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 367-372 , July 2009

Anxiety and depression in patients with prostate cancer and other urogenital cancer: A longitudinal study

  • Andreas Hinz, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49-341-9718820; fax: +49-341-9718809
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  • Oliver Krauss, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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  • Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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  • Thilo Schwalenberg, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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  • Dominik Michalski, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Clinic of Neurology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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  • Reinhold Schwarz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Received 26 November 2007 ,Revised 5 February 2008 ,Accepted 5 February 2008.

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PII: S1078-1439(08)00036-7

doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2008.02.003

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 367-372 , July 2009

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