Objective: To summarise the evidence on the effect of psychological coping styles (including
fighting spirit, helplessness/hopelessness, denial, and avoidance) on survival and …

BACKGROUND The standard of care for locally advanced head and neck carcinoma usually
has been surgery followed by radiation therapy. Patient survival using this approach has …

Clinical and quality of life (QL) variables from an EORTC clinical trial of first line
chemotherapy in advanced breast cancer were used in a prognostic factor analysis of …

For patients with laryngeal cancer, rehabilitation following laryngectomy may be difficult.
However, significant variability in coping skills and adaptation of this patient population …