All the latest psycho-oncology news
Uncovering why some breast cancer survivors don’t take their meds
For roughly 80% of breast cancer survivors, treatment doesn’t end with surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.…
Browsing: Psycho-oncology
Encouraging patients to ask questions
How often do men with localised prostate cancer regret their treatment decisions? What practical support…
Why do many young cancer survivors forgo human papillomavirus vaccination?
Although young cancer survivors face an elevated risk for later developing cervical, oropharyngeal, and several…
Early days of COVID-19 pandemic brought increased anxiety for some cancer survivors
Among the many lessons collectively learned during the initial months of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic…
ESMO 2021: Children of cancer patients are too often excluded from the disease journey, research shows
The announcement of a cancer diagnosis abruptly and durably alters the course of daily life…
Financial toxicity impacts nearly 50% of women with gynaecologic cancer
The cost of cancer care in United States was an estimated $183 billion in 2015…
My Top 5 ASCO Abstracts by Kim Hobbs
As an oncology social worker I perused the ASCO abstracts with an eye to identifying…
Bereavement during COVID-19 by Liz Lobb
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted every aspect of life, including how we die and how…
The Recapture Life Trial results: Busting a few myths about young people and online survivorship support
Not long ago, it would have been impossible to predict the way in which the…
ASCO 2021: Breast cancer patients embrace integrative health during treatment
Nearly three-quarters of breast cancer patients (73%) report using at least one type of complementary…