Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Israeli Survivors of Childhood Cancer
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In 2007, almost 10,400 American children younger than 15 years were diagnosed with cancer, with approximately 1,545 dying from the disease (National Cancer Institute, 2009). In Britain, the risk of a child younger than 15 years being diagnosed with cancer is about 1 in 500 (Cancer Research UK, 2009). Significant improvements have been made in five-year relative survival from childhood cancers, improving from 58% for those treated from 1975–1977 to 80% for those treated from 1996–2003 (Jemal et al., 2008). Approximately 270,000 people are survivors of childhood cancer. This equates an estimated 1 in every 640 young adults aged 20–39 who are survivors of childhood cancer (Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation, 2010). As more and more patients with childhood cancer survive to adulthood, thanks to improvements in diagnostic and therapeutic modalities, increased attention is being focused on the long-term psychological effects of the disease and its treatments (Apter, Farbstein, & Yaniv, 2003; McGrath, 2002). Some psychologists have suggested that the stress and anxiety inherent to cancer diagnoses and treatments are a traumatic event that may lead to the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) later in life (McGrath, 2002). Therefore, as the number of cancer survivors with PTSD is expected to increase, more significance will be placed on the determination of who suffers from PTSD and what factors are associated with its development. This description is a first step toward the development of interventions that can prevent and treat PTSD in the future.
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تاریخ انتشار 2010