Kahl: So we know there can be physical effects from a lung cancer diagnosis, but what are some of the emotional side effects that patients might experience? Sarah Miretti Cassidy: So Cancer Hope Network has spent 40 years training survivors and caregivers of a wide ...
Chemotherapy side effects, patient distress, and patient-practitioner communication were evaluated in an inception sample of 238 patients with breast cancer or malignant lymphoma. Participants were interviewed at five points during their first six cycles of therapy, and a subsample kept brief daily sympt...
Showing ways to build emotional support systems with physicians, family and friends, it demonstrates how personal attitudes can have an enormous impact on the course of recovery. Dr. Neil Fiore is a Godsend to those making the journey through cancer. His wise and practical advice, which comes ...
This article focuses on treatments which are of special interest for breast cancer patients because they might reduce typical symptoms of breast cancer and side effects of conventional cancer therapy like fatigue, anxiety, menopausal symptoms, nausea, lymphedema, and dermatitis. Many of the therapies ...
Cancer patients often have to deal with numerous side effects and psychological distress during chemotherapy. Research highlights that dysfunctional metacognitive beliefs are the basis for the development and maintenance of emotional disorders. The present research is a first attempt to explore how metacogni...
weeks of working with EFT. Marked reductions in anxiety, depression, fatigue, and hot flashes were noted. According to the study researchers,“these preliminary findings suggest that EFT may be an effective self-help tool for women with breast cancer experiencing side effects from hormonal therapies...
WHEN CONSIDERING THE PHYSICAL and mental effects of cancer diagnosis and recovery, several psychological and emotional needs have been cited in previous research as exacerbating patient outcomes in the past. Despite in-person/virtual support groups and therapy seeking to address the mental challenges of...
Warrington L, Absolom K, Conner M et al (2019) Electronic systems for patients to report and manage side effects of cancer treatment: systematic review. J Med Internet Res 21(1):e10875–e10875 Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Virella Pérez YI, Medlow S, Ho J, Steinbeck K...
How Chronic Stress Effects Cancer When emotional trauma goes unhealed, the body system is in a constant state of heightened stress. Numerous studies have connected stress with lower immune function and higher incidences of disease in general. A recent report, however, analyzed the findings of close...
The researchers found that some patients may benefit from a deeper explanation of their prognosis, while other patients may require more support in decision-making, including for beliefs that prostate cancer and the side effects from treatment may potentially threaten their masculinity. "Furthermore, ...