Affiliation
Cancer Research Campaign, Psychological Medicine Group, Christie Hospital, Manchester M20 9BX, U.K.Issue Date
1993
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Somatic symptoms considered as unrelated to cancer or grossly out of proportion to the known pathology were systematically assessed in a group of 98 consecutively referred cases. Subjects with prominent somatic symptoms (somatisers) had depression (53%), anxiety (12%) and atypical somatoform disorder (27%). During follow-up, somatisers with depression showed clinical improvement whereas those with atypical somatoform disorder showed no improvement or deteriorated. Methods of distinguishing the cause of somatic symptoms in cancer patients are discussed.Citation
Non-organic somatic symptoms in cancer.1993, 29 (7):1006-1008 Eur. J. CancerJournal
European Journal of CancerDOI
10.1016/S0959-8049(05)80212-6Type
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enISSN
09598049ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/S0959-8049(05)80212-6