Door annelies_verachtert op Woe, 20/05/2015 - 13:25
Poorer health outcomes and lower survival rates have been well documented among African American/Black (Black) women diagnosed with breast cancer. Black women are 41% more likely to die from breast cancer than White women despite a lower incidence rate. Apart from pharmacotherapy, psychosocial interventions are recommended by the Institute of Medicine as standard medical care for breast cancer patients at all phases of treatment.
In het bijvoegde artikel worden de resultaten van semi-gestructureerde interviews bij tien patiënten met een peniscarcinoom en een deel van de partners, afgenomen meer dan twee jaar na de behandeling, beschreven.
Borstkanker is de meest frequent voorkomende vorm van kanker bij vrouwen. Ongeveer één op twaalf vrouwen krijgt er in haar leven mee te maken. Zowel de ziekte zelf als de behandeling hebben, zowel op korte als op lange termijn, effecten op het seksuele leven van vrouwen en kunnen interfereren met de vruchtbaarheid. Ook voor hun partners is dit een ingrijpend gebeuren.
The purposes of the present study were to investigate the role of resilience in the prediction of emotional response in breast cancer patients and to examine whether this association is specific for women undergoing this emotionally taxing condition or whether resilience is more generally associated with higher levels of emotional well-being.
The goals of the current study were to describe early stage lung cancer survivors’ self-reported discussion of physical activity with health-care providers and examine the association between sociodemographic, disease, and health behavior variables and discussion characteristics.
Philip, E.J., Feinstein, M.B., Park, B.J., Wilson, D.J., & Ostroff, J.S. (2015). Patient-provider discussion of physical activity among early stage lung cancer survivors. Psycho-Oncology; 24(3): 359-362.
Patients with potentially indolent prostate cancer (PC) can be managed with active surveillance (AS). Our objective was to analyse how anxiety and distress develop in men with untreated PC and whether highly anxious men quit AS.
Prostate cancer is one of the mostly commonly diagnosed cancers in men. Unfortunately, the treatment for this cancer can have a number of negative side effects, both for the man himself and his partner. This study investigated the support needs of both men and partners throughout the prostate cancer journey and how this journey may be optimally managed.
Although regular physical activity is associated with lower all-cause and disease-specific mortality among breast cancer survivors (BCS), most BCS do not meet its recommended guidelines. Attention function, a domain of cognition, is essential for daily tasks such as exercising, a form of planned physical activity.
Minister van Volksgezondheid Maggie De Block (Open VLD) gaat nog dit jaar proefprojecten opstarten om patiënten die chemotherapie krijgen, in de eigen woonkamer te behandelen.
To improve mechanistic understanding, this pilot randomized controlled trial examined mediators of an exercise intervention effects on sleep in breast cancer survivors (BCS).
