Journal articleFront Aging · 2026
INTRODUCTION: For older breast cancer survivors taking adjuvant endocrine therapy (AET), side effects are common and significantly impact quality of life. Self-efficacy is an important protective factor in this population, but little is known about its rel ...
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Journal articleAnn Am Thorac Soc · October 2025
Rationale: Dyspnea (breathlessness) commonly impacts patients with lung cancer, worsening depression, anxiety, quality of life, and functioning. Current treatments are limited. Objectives: To test the acceptability, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of ...
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Journal articleBreast Cancer Res Treat · July 2025
PURPOSE: To evaluate the impact of providing a loving-kindness meditation (LKM) intervention vs. a music intervention during core-needle breast biopsy (CNBB) on adherence to subsequent, clinically recommended breast cancer screening and surveillance. METHO ...
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Journal articleJournal of clinical psychology in medical settings · March 2025
Pregnant women with opioid use disorder show elevated rates of comorbid mental health problems, both of which are associated with negative health outcomes for mothers and children. There is substantial evidence supporting the benefits of treatment of perin ...
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Journal articleLung cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · October 2024
PurposeAs more treatments emerge for advanced, stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), oncologists have difficulty predicting functional resiliency versus functional decline throughout cancer treatment. Our study evaluates functional resilien ...
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Journal articleJournal of geriatric oncology · September 2024
IntroductionNovel supportive care interventions designed for an aging population with lung cancer are urgently needed. We aimed to determine the feasibility of a novel supportive care physical therapy (PT) plus progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) ...
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Journal articleJ Adolesc Young Adult Oncol · August 2024
Female survivors of young adult (YA) cancers are at risk of fertility impacts following cancer treatment. For these women, fertility-related distress is both prevalent and persistent. Yet there is little research regarding survivors' perspectives on altern ...
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Journal articlePilot Feasibility Stud · June 8, 2024
BACKGROUND: Young adult (YA) cancer survivors are a growing, yet underserved population who often face significant and long-lasting cancer-related physical (e.g., pain, fatigue) and emotional (e.g., psychological distress) symptoms. Post-treatment symptoms ...
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Journal articleInternational journal of behavioral medicine · April 2024
BackgroundOf all cancer patients, those with lung cancer are among the highest risk for infection, pneumonia, hospitalization, and early death from COVID-19. As cancer stress is ubiquitous, this exploratory study examines patients' COVID-19 stress ...
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Journal articleJTO Clin Res Rep · June 2022
INTRODUCTION: To evaluate whether and the degree to which patients with advanced NSCLC (aNSCLC) receiving lung cancer treatments will experience functional disability or have resilience and to identify characteristics associated with functional disability. ...
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Journal articleBMC Psychol · May 23, 2022
BACKGROUND: Healthy sex can be affected by cognitive schemas activated in the sexual context (CSASCs) and early maladaptive schemas (EMSs). Cognitive schemas are the nuclear structure of the cognitive system which facilitate the interaction between individ ...
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Journal articleBritish journal of health psychology · May 2022
ObjectivesChronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is a lifelong cancer with subtle symptoms. Treatment is not curative and often involves repeated relapses and retreatments. Illness perceptions - cognitive and emotional representations of illness stim ...
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Journal articleJournal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN · February 2022
BackgroundAmong all patients with cancer, those with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) experience the most distress. Although new therapies are improving survival, it is unknown whether receiving immunotherapy or targeted therapy during ...
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Journal articleJournal of Cancer Rehabilitation · January 1, 2022
Background Patients with advanced lung cancer experience severe and distressing symptoms, especially anxiety, breathlessness, insomnia, pain, and fatigue. Progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) is an empirically supported treatment for reducing psychological ...
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Book section · September 15, 2021
This book provides a clinically useful resource for evaluation and management of the symptoms and issues that burden survivors of breast cancer. ...
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Journal articleJCO oncology practice · June 2021
PurposeTo determine patient and disease characteristics associated with functional disability among adults with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).MethodsIn a prospective cohort of participants newly diagnosed with advanced NSCLC ...
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Book section · 2021
"Psycho-oncology, 4th Edition is solemnly dedicated to Professor Jimmie C. Holland, M.D., internationally recognized as the founder of the field of Psycho-oncology. ...
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Journal articleJournal of paediatrics and child health · February 2015
AimAlthough the transfer out of paediatrics is established as a dangerous time for transplant recipients, the reasons for this are not well understood. One possible explanation is that in general, young adulthood is a period of vulnerability to ps ...
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Journal articleJ Pediatr · December 2013
OBJECTIVE: To compare the impact of a transition coordinator on outcomes for pediatric liver transplant recipients vs a historical comparison group. STUDY DESIGN: To examine the utility of a transition coordinator, medication adherence, as measured by SDs ...
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