Emotional Distress Among Pediatric Cancer Patients and their Siblings

Patterns of maternal distress among children with cancer and their association with child emotional and somatic distress.

OBJECTIVE To identify patterns of distress among mothers of children with cancer over the initial 6 months of treatment and to examine these patterns as predictors of child somatic and emotional distress. METHOD Data were gathered regarding maternal perceived stress and affective distress from mothers of children (N = 65, mean age = 8.3 years) with cancer at 2 to 5 weeks postdiagnosis, then a...

Siblings of Pediatric Cancer Patients: Stress and Psychological Outcomes

evaluation of emotional distress in breast cancer patients

background: cancer has been known as a class of dangerous diseases which cause tremendous physical and emotional problems to both patients and their families. in spite of medical advances, cancer is still considered to be equal with death and pain. this study aims to analyze the emotional distress and the causes in breast cancer patients. methods: this study was a quantitative study which tries...

Emotional distress -- a neglected topic among surgically treated oesophageal cancer patients.

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Cancer risk among parents and siblings of patients with schizophrenia.

BACKGROUND A reduced risk of cancer has been noted among people with schizophrenia. Given that genetic causes have been proposed as an explanation of this finding, one would expect that the risk of cancer among first-degree relatives would be equally reduced. AIMS To investigate the risk of cancer among the biological parents and full siblings of people receiving in-patient care for schizophr...