(1997) A support group intervention to facilitate young adults' adjustment to cancer. Health & Social Work 22(2): 133-141.Roberts, C. S., Piper, L., Denny, J., & Cuddeback, G. (1997). A support group intervention to facilitate young adults' adjust- ment to cancer. Health and ...
The recent outbreak of infections and the pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 represent one of the most severe threats to human health in more than a century. Emerging data from the United States and elsewhere suggest that the disease is more severe in men. Kn
In sum, it appears that some of the processes that cause aging also underly oncogenesis, as this is well documented for the accumulation of mutated cells in the aging organism, likely preparing the grounds for multi-step oncogenesis, as well as for the loss of epigenetically controlled cellular...
A to change his behavioral patterns of not talking about these physical consequences and hiding the impact of the disease, because this led to more feelings of shame, more misunderstandings in social encounters, and fewer chances of support from others. The therapist encouraged him to ask for ...
(oophoropexy) may be considered before radiation for a primary or metastatic lesion of colon cancer, malignant lymphoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, or any other cancer within the pelvis near the ovaries. Radiotherapy for these cancers usually uses a dose of 14–60 Gy, although the dose ...
If I let you face the financial burdens and the sorrow of losing a child in your late years, it would be a sin for which I should die a thousand times. I also don’t want to live like a near dead person for the rest of my life. So please forgive me … I’m an unworthy son...
Summarize innovative education and support programs for specific major cancers such as prostate, breast, lung, skin, and other cancers.Disparities, Special Populations, and Global Outreach 7. Identify opportunities for collaborating with partners to focus on disparities in cancer education. 8. Discu...
REVIEWS Future directions in cancer prevention Asad Umar1, Barbara K. Dunn2 and Peter Greenwald3 Abstract | Prevention of cancer remains the most promising strategy for reducing both its incidence and the mortality due to this disease. For more than four decades, findings from epidemiology, ...
Adolescent and young adults (AYAs) impacted by their own or familial cancer require information and peer support throughout the cancer journey to help with their feelings of isolation. AYAs impacted by cancer need safe, secure, and accessible ways to connect with their peers and access information...
for me to ask the doctors and nurses questions”). Studies support good internal reliability (alphas of 0.70–0.93 for individual scale self-report and alpha of 0.79–0.98 for scale parent-proxy) [20,21]. Construct validity has been determined in children (ages 5–18) and young adults (...