A pilot randomized controlled trial of cognitive bias modification to reduce fear of breast cancer recurrence

Cancer

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1424-1433

  Lichtenthal, Wendy G ^a   Corner, Geoffrey W ^b   Slivjak, Elizabeth T ^a   Roberts, Kailey E ^a   Li, Yuelin ^a   Breitbart, William ^a   Lacey, Stephanie ^a   Tuman, Malwina ^a   DuHamel, Katherine N ^a   Blinder, Victoria S ^a   Beard, Courtney ^c  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; cognitive bias modification; fear of recurrence; health worries; survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION AND INTERPRETATION MODIFICATION FOR FEAR OF BREAST CANCER RECURRENCE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVOR; COGNITIVE BIAS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PILOT STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; FEAR; HOME CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEAR; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85008197559     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30478     Document Type: Article

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