Background Caregivers may play a fundamental role in the clinical pathway of cancer
patients. They provide emotional, informational, and functional support as well as practical …

Background: A cancer diagnosis can impact patients' and caregivers' lives, posing different
challenging situations. In particular, breast cancer and prostate cancer are two types of …

Objective: Caregivers play a key role in the management of patients with cancer. However,
some studies have suggested that caregivers have even more unmet needs than the …

Despite the fact that importance of primary relationships for cancer patients and their
caregivers' adaptation to illness is well recognized, only a paucity of studies report about …

Purpose Cancer patients' intimate partners often experience levels of psychological burden
that are comparable to or even exceed that of the patients, making it imperative that they too …

Purpose Adjustment to any illness is a 'dyadic'process whereby patients and their partners
mutually determine each other's perceptions, behaviours, and well-being. The present study …

Objective To evaluate and estimate the effect of psychosocial interventions on improving the
quality of life (QoL) of adult cancer caregivers. Methods We conducted a systematic review …

Partners and other family members are key supports for cancer patients. Most cope well with
the caregiving role, but an important minority become highly distressed or develop an …

Introduction Prostate cancer patients (PCP) often struggle with a significant emotional,
physical, and social burden during the care-flow pathway. Noteworthy, PCP should not be …

Caregivers of patients with cancer suffer from fatigue and high levels of caregiver burden.
This study aimed to determine the level of caregiver burden in relation to the quality of life of …