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Surviving cancer

B L Andersen1

  • 1Department of Psychology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210-1222.

Cancer
|August 15, 1994
PubMed
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Cancer survivor research highlights disparities, especially for men. Psychologic interventions improve outcomes, but adding health behaviors offers greater gains for cancer survivors.

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Area of Science:

  • Oncology
  • Psychology
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Female cancer survivors, particularly from gynecologic, breast, and colorectal cancers, will increasingly outnumber males.
  • Male survivors often stem from colorectal, digestive, prostate, and bladder cancer groups.
  • Limited longitudinal studies exist for cancer survivors, with a notable absence of data on men.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To discuss research trends in quality of life for cancer survivors.
  • To propose a strategy for identifying psychologic morbidity risk in cancer survivors.
  • To identify individual difference variables predicting mental health, health behaviors, and sexual outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Review of epidemiologic data on cancer survivor demographics.

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  • Proposal of a risk identification strategy for psychologic morbidity.
  • Identification of psychologic variables (control, optimism, coping, conscientiousness, sexual self-schema) for outcome prediction.

    • Main Results:

    • Female survivors will significantly outnumber males.
    • Few well-controlled longitudinal studies exist, especially for male survivors.
    • Psychologic interventions improve outcomes, with enhanced benefits when combined with health behavior components.

    Conclusions:

    • Further research is needed on individual differences and intervention components.
    • A biobehavioral model of stress and cancer is proposed for integrated research.
    • Future studies should examine health consequences of interventions for cancer survivors.