Current directions in research and treatment of fear of cancer recurrence

Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 191-196

  Sharpe, Louise ^a   Thewes, Belinda ^a,b   Butow, Phyllis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

acceptance commitment therapy; cognitive behaviour therapy; fear of cancer recurrence; meta cognitive therapy; theory

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURVIVOR; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHOBIA; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

CANCER SURVIVORS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHOBIC DISORDERS;

EID: 85026865735     PISSN: 17514258     EISSN: 17514266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SPC.0000000000000288     Document Type: Review

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