Background Cancer patients frequently suffer from physical and psychosocial impairments
due to their disease and its treatment. Psychooncology (PO) can help to cope with stress …

Purpose Psychosocial distress and patient attitude towards psychosocial support as well as
the correlations with clinical and sociodemographic characteristics should be assessed …

Purpose Radiotherapy brings a tumor patient into a special life situation in which different
variables play a role of often unknown importance. The goal of this study was to investigate …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Empirical investigations examining the need for
psychotherapeutic treatment of inpatients in radiooncology departments are rare. We …

Objectives: To investigate cancer patients' desire for psychological support and to identify
patients' sociodemographic, disease‐related and psychological factors associated with this …

The need for psychosocial support in cancer patients is estimated in the literature at 14-50%.
At the Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, approximately 3,000 …

Background It is essential to adjust oncological treatment to medical procedures but also to
the expectations of patients themselves. Expectations of patients may depend on the way of …

Background Psychosocial problems in cancer patients are often unrecognized and
untreated due to the low awareness of the existence of these problems or pressures of time …

Purpose In the course of a radiotherapy treatment oncological patients--in addition to some
physical symptoms--often experience severe psychological distress. This study assesses …

[Social support of radiotherapy patients in emotional stress and crisis situations]. - Abstract -
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