The effect of psychosocial intervention on time of survival of 86 patients with metastatic
breast cancer was studied prospectively. The 1 year intervention consisted of weekly …

Abstract A prospective, multidisciplinary, 5-year study of 69 consecutive female patients with
early (T 0, 1 N 0, 1 M 0) breast cancer was conducted. Patients' psychological responses to …

In a randomized prospective study of 86 metastatic breast cancer patients by Spiegel et al. in
1989, the 50 who took part in a group psychosocial intervention survived on average 18 …

BACKGROUND The authors previously reported a statistically significant effect of
psychosocial intervention on survival time of women with metastatic breast carcinoma. In this …

In order to test the effect of a psychological intervention on survival from cancer, 66 women
with metastatic breast cancer, all receiving standard medical care, were randomly assigned …

A retrospective follow-up study was conducted to assess the impact of a psychosocial
support program on survival with breast cancer. One-hundred and two nonparticipants were …

Linear analogue self-assessment was used to measure the subjective effects of treatment in
women with advanced breast cancer. The results show that this technique may be used to …

PURPOSE The impact of an adjunctive psychosocial support program on length of survival
with breast cancer was evaluated in a retrospective cohort study. The duration of …

An interaction between psychological attitude and outcome in early-stage breast cancer has
been postulated, with a possible explanation related to the presumed tendency of …

Studies are described that address the question of whether (1) mental events influence the
development and course of cancer and (2) a psychosocial intervention would help women …