Occupational therapy for adults with cancer: why it matters

M Pergolotti, GR Williams, C Campbell… - The …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Adults with cancer may be at risk for limitations in functional status and quality of life (QOL).
Occupational therapy is a supportive service with the specific mission to help people …

Adolescent and young adult patients with cancer: a milieu of unique features

L Sender, KB Zabokrtsky - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2015 - nature.com
Adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients with cancer are a unique category of patients
who, depending on age at time of diagnosis, might receive treatment from oncologists …

Perceived need for psychosocial support depending on emotional distress and mental comorbidity in men and women with cancer

H Faller, J Weis, U Koch, E Brähler, M Härter… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective Although elevated levels of distress are supposed to constitute a need for
psychosocial support, the relation between elevated distress and need for support does not …

Unmet needs for information and psychosocial support in relation to quality of life and emotional distress: A comparison between gynecological and breast cancer …

H Faller, E Brähler, M Härter, M Keller, H Schulz… - Patient education and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective We compared gynecological and breast cancer patients regarding their needs for
information and psychosocial support, quality of life (QoL), and emotional distress and the …

Utilization of professional psychological care in a large German sample of cancer patients

H Faller, J Weis, U Koch, E Brähler, M Härter… - Psycho …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Although one‐third of cancer patients are perceived to have a need for
psychological support based on the percentage of mental disorders, little is known about the …

The psychosocial experiences of women with breast cancer across the lifespan: a systematic review

HJ Campbell‐Enns, RL Woodgate - Psycho‐oncology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To summarize the psychosocial experience of women with breast cancer from a
lifespan perspective by examining the findings of qualitative studies. Methods A meta …

Unmet need for healthcare services in adolescents and young adults with cancer and their parent carers

SM Sawyer, R McNeil, M McCarthy, L Orme… - Supportive Care in …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Cancer in adolescents in and young adults (AYA) has the potential to disrupt
health, well-being and developmental trajectories. This study aimed to describe the …

Socioeconomic position and survival after lung cancer: Influence of stage, treatment and comorbidity among Danish patients with lung cancer diagnosed in 2004 …

SO Dalton, M Steding-Jessen, E Jakobsen… - Acta …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background. To address social inequality in survival after lung cancer, it is important to
consider how socioeconomic position (SEP) influences prognosis. We investigated whether …

Effect of depression, anxiety, and distress screeners on the need, intention, and utilization of psychosocial support services among cancer patients

F Springer, L Sautier, G Schilling… - Supportive Care in …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose In clinical cancer care, distress screening is recommended to identify highly
burdened patients in objective need for psychosocial support to improve psychological …

Supportive care needs and quality of life in patients with breast and gynecological cancer attending inpatient rehabilitation. A prospective study

H Faller, HG Hass, D Engehausen, M Reuss-Borst… - Acta …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Among patients with breast or gynecological cancer, supportive care needs are
both highly prevalent and enduring. However, little is known about whether meeting patients' …