Pilot randomized controlled trial of individual meaning-centered psychotherapy for patients with advanced cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1304-1309

  Breitbart, William ^a   Poppito, Shannon ^a   Rosenfeld, Barry ^c   Vickers, Andrew J ^a   Li, Yuelin ^a   Abbey, Jennifer ^d   Olden, Megan ^b   Pessin, Hayley ^a   Lichtenthal, Wendy ^a   Sjoberg, Daniel ^a   Cassileth, Barrie R ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Independent Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUAL MEANING CENTERED PSYCHOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPIRITUAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; GROUP THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; LINEAR MODELS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPIRITUALITY; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862256438     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2011.36.2517     Document Type: Article

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