General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 5 , Pages 503-508, September 2010

Psychological and neuroendocrinological characteristics associated with depressive symptoms in breast cancer patients at the initial cancer diagnosis

  • Jeong-Ho Seok, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University Gangnam Severance Hospital, Seoul 135-720, South Korea
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  • Lee Su Kim, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do 431-070, South Korea
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  • Narei Hong, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do 431-070, South Korea
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  • Hyun Ju Hong, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do 431-070, South Korea
  • ,
  • Su-Jin Kim, M.A.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do 431-070, South Korea
  • ,
  • Hee Joon Kang, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Hallym University Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul 150-719, South Korea
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  • Duk-In Jon, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do 431-070, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 31 380 3750; fax: +82 31 381 3753.

Received 11 November 2009; accepted 1 June 2010. published online 26 August 2010.

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PII: S0163-8343(10)00106-4

doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.06.001

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 5 , Pages 503-508, September 2010