Explaining inconsistent results in cancer quality of life studies: the role of the stress-response system.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Objectives were to compare health-related quality of life (HRQoL) between breast cancer survivors, prostate cancer survivors (PCS), and colorectal cancer survivors (CCS) to matched controls, stratified by short and long-term survivors, by cancer type, and gender. METHODS:By using the 2009 Behavioral Risk Fa...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： LeMasters T,Madhavan S,Sambamoorthi U,Kurian S

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A diagnosis of ovarian cancer requires a woman to reevaluate her interactions with family, friends, and employers, and cope with unexpected and unwanted changes in areas spanning from financial stability to sexuality and fertility. Social well-being is the aspect of a patient's overall quality of life that encompasses...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Ferrell BR,Smith SL,Ervin KS,Itano J,Melancon C

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Consistent with the International Psycho-Oncology Society's (IPOS) vision and goals, we are committed to improving quality cancer care and cancer policies through psychosocial care globally. As part of IPOS's mission, upon entering "Official Relations" for a second term with the World Health Organization (WHO), IPOS h...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Travado L,Bultz BD,Ullrich A,Asuzu CC,Turner J,Grassi L,Jacobsen P

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Appropriate information, offered at the right time, has been recognised as a key factor in enabling patients to cope with a diagnosis of cancer. This paper describes the sources of information that are currently being utilised by patients and the perceived quality of these sources. A sample of 430 patients were asked ...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Mills ME,Davidson R

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mixed reports exist about the impact of supportive-expressive group therapy (SEGT) on survival. METHODS:From 485 women with advanced breast cancer recruited between 1996-2002, 227 (47%) consented and were randomized within an average 10 months of cancer recurrence in a 2:1 ratio to intervention with 1 year ...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Kissane DW,Grabsch B,Clarke DM,Smith GC,Love AW,Bloch S,Snyder RD,Li Y

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated the association between psychological distress and indices of social integration and communal coping among sisters from hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) families. SAMPLE AND METHODS:Sixty-five sisters from 31 HBOC families completed the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 and the Colored Ec...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Koehly LM,Peters JA,Kuhn N,Hoskins L,Letocha A,Kenen R,Loud J,Greene MH

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The ability to identify men at genetically high-risk of prostate cancer (PrCa) would enable screening to be targeted at those most in need. This study explored the psychological impact (in terms of general and PrCa-specific worry and risk perceptions) on men with a family history of PrCa, undergoing prostate...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Bancroft EK,Castro E,Bancroft GA,Ardern-Jones A,Moynihan C,Page E,Taylor N,Eeles RA,Rowley E,Cox K

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The literature offers very few in-depth reports on the time directly before hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Also, researchers have focused on selected aspects of psychophysical well-being and treated the sample as homogeneous. Thus, we chose to investigate distinct multidimensional well-being...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Kroemeke A,Kwissa-Gajewska Z,Sobczyk-Kruszelnicka M

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Melanoma patients are advised to perform regular risk-reduction practices, including sun protection as well as skin self-examinations (SSEs) and physician-led examinations. Melanoma-specific communication regarding family risk and screening may promote such behaviors. To this end, associations between patien...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Rodríguez VM,Berwick M,Hay JL

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subjective age is related to health and to life satisfaction. The present study on post-surgical cancer patients addressed two questions: (1) Do people differ in their health-related quality of life (HRQOL) depending on their felt age? (2) Is change in felt age associated with change in HRQOL? Data were collected at o...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Boehmer S

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate how formative research methods can be used to plan for implementation of evidence-based psychosocial screening in pediatric oncology. METHODS:Multidisciplinary pediatric oncology professionals participated in focus groups to adapt the distress thermometer for electronic administration and deve...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Gilleland Marchak J,Halpin SN,Escoffery C,Owolabi S,Mertens AC,Wasilewski-Masker K

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Cancer Behavior Inventory-Brief Version (CBI-B), a 12-item measure of self-efficacy for coping with cancer derived from the longer 33-item version, was subjected to psychometric analysis. METHOD:Participants consisted of three samples: 735 cancer patients from a multicenter CCOP study, 199 from central I...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Heitzmann CA,Merluzzi TV,Jean-Pierre P,Roscoe JA,Kirsh KL,Passik SD

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated the prevalence of anxiety and depression at diagnosis and at 1, 3, and 5 years after breast cancer diagnosis. We hypothesized that a low level of optimism (pessimism) at diagnosis could predict change in anxiety and depression 5 years later. METHODS:Three hundred sixty-seven women with operab...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Faye-Schjøll HH,Schou-Bredal I

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite evidence-based research demonstrating the high prevalence rates of emotional distress, medical systems continue to focus their attention on biomedical aspects of treatment leaving a significant gap in patient care. This paper reflects on values and policy and suggests that we are unlikely to change health care...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： McMurtry R,Bultz BD

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent research in psychosocial oncology has pointed to the traumatic nature of the stress experienced by cancer survivors. Most of this research has focused on children, young adults survivors and their families. This investigation proposes a conceptual model for understanding general psychological distress (anxiety,...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Deimling GT,Kahana B,Bowman KF,Schaefer ML

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation (AuBMT) has emerged as an efficacious treatment for certain hematological and solid tumors. Some of the complications of allogeneic transplants are avoided with an autologous transplant. Due to the decreased toxicity of this procedure, AuBMT can be administered at a community hos...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Amato JJ,Williams M,Greenberg C,Bar M,Lo S,Tepler I

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility is now part of routine clinical practice. Although rates of risk-reducing surgery following genetic testing have been increasing, little is known about attitudes toward risk-reducing surgery in women prior to genetic counseling and testing. This stu...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Tong A,Kelly S,Nusbaum R,Graves K,Peshkin BN,Valdimarsdottir HB,Wood M,McKinnon W,Garber J,McCormick SR,Jandorf L,Schwartz MD

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Breast cancer (BC) diagnosis and subsequent treatments present significant challenges and distress for both patients and their partners. This can lead to difficulties in marital relationships and, consequently, decreases in marital adjustment and psychosocial adaptation to BC for both partners. Our objective ...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Brandão T,Pedro J,Nunes N,Martins MV,Costa ME,Matos PM

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:One risk management strategy that women at increased familial risk of ovarian cancer may use is screening. Until recently, this has been available as part of the UK Familial Ovarian Cancer Screening Study (UKFOCSS), using ultrasound scans of the ovaries and tumour marker blood tests. The present study aimed t...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Lifford KJ,Clements A,Fraser L,Lancastle D,Brain K,PsyFOCS Management Group.

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cancer patients and partners often report inadequate communication about illness-related issues, although it is essential for mutual support and informal caregiving. This study examined the patterns of change in dyadic communication between patients with prostate cancer and their partners, and also determined...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Song L,Northouse LL,Zhang L,Braun TM,Cimprich B,Ronis DL,Mood DW

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Population-based data on the epidemiology of psychiatric disorders in patients with breast cancer are lacking. Because the National Health Insurance (NHI) Program in South Korea is a compulsory social insurance system covering the entire Korean population, the NHI is a good source of information for epidemiol...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Kang JI,Sung NY,Park SJ,Lee CG,Lee BO

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to review the literature on clinician characteristics influencing patient-clinician communication or patient outcome in oncology. METHODS:Studies investigating the association of clinician characteristics with quality of communication and with outcome for adult cancer patients were ...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： De Vries AM,de Roten Y,Meystre C,Passchier J,Despland JN,Stiefel F

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Continued smoking following a cancer diagnosis has adverse impacts on cancer treatment and puts individuals at risk of secondary cancers. Data on the prevalence and correlates of smoking among cancer patients are critical for successfully targeting smoking cessation interventions. AIMS:To explore among a sa...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Regan T,Carey M,Bryant J,Waller A,Mansfield E,Sitas F,Tracey E

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To systematically review psycho-educational interventions developed for melanoma survivors. METHODS:Electronic databases Medline, PsycINFO, Embase, and CINAHL were systematically searched using key words and subject headings for articles describing educational or psychological interventions designed specific...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： McLoone J,Menzies S,Meiser B,Mann GJ,Kasparian NA

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasing proportions of patients diagnosed with cancer will become long-term survivors (≥ 5 years post-diagnosis). However, survivors may continue to experience negative effects of cancer and/or treatment, including fear of recurrence (FoR). This review aims to provide an overview of current knowledge on F...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Koch L,Jansen L,Brenner H,Arndt V

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prostate cancer treatments are associated with a range of symptoms and physical side-effects. Cancer can also adversely impact on psychological wellbeing. Because many prostate cancer-related symptoms and side-effects are potentially modifiable, we investigated associations between symptoms and psychological...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Sharp L,O'Leary E,Kinnear H,Gavin A,Drummond FJ

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The process of cancer-related breast reconstruction is typically multi-staged and can take months to years to complete, yet few studies have examined patient psychosocial well-being during the reconstruction process. We investigated the effects of reconstruction timing and reconstruction stage on body image a...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Teo I,Reece GP,Christie IC,Guindani M,Markey MK,Heinberg LJ,Crosby MA,Fingeret MC

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the process of implementing a family-oriented consultation and liaison service in various hospital-based settings, with special regard to problems and obstacles encountered. METHOD:Qualitative content analysis using categorization and sequential, phenomenological analysis of descriptive progress ...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Romer G,Saha R,Haagen M,Pott M,Baldus C,Bergelt C

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim was to examine the psychometric properties of the Questionnaire on Stress in Cancer Patients (QSC-R10), a 10-item screening instrument for self-assessment of psychosocial distress in cancer patients. METHODS:A total of 1850 cancer patients were assessed with the QSC-R10. Patients were recruited from ...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Book K,Marten-Mittag B,Henrich G,Dinkel A,Scheddel P,Sehlen S,Haimerl W,Schulte T,Britzelmeir I,Herschbach P

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examines the demographic and clinical variables associated with cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) in a sample of older, male, oral-digestive cancer survivors at VA Medical Centers in Boston and Houston. METHODS:A two-time point, longitudinal design was used, with cognitive assessment cond...

journal_title：Psycho-oncology

authors： Regier NG,Naik AD,Mulligan EA,Nasreddine ZS,Driver JA,Sada YH,Moye J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00