Purpose To evaluate the prevalence and severity of persistent pain after breast cancer
treatment (PPBCT) in patients who received surgery, radiotherapy or a combination of …

Objective Purposes of this systematic review of life goal research in cancer patients were to
(1) identify life goal characteristics and processes being examined,(2) describe instruments …

Objective Cancer in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) can interrupt important
developmental milestones. Absence from school and time lost from work, together with the …

Background Physical symptom burden and psychologic symptoms are highly prevalent in
women with breast cancer. The Distress Thermometer and Problem List (DT&PL) is …

Background Patients with breast cancer have high rates of physical symptoms that
negatively impact their quality of life. The relationship between women's perceptions of …

Background Numerous randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have arrived at conflicting
conclusions on expressive writing (EW) as an intervention for breast cancer (BC) patients …

Background: Early diagnosis and improved treatment outcomes have increased breast
cancer survival rates that, in turn, have led to increased numbers of women undergoing …

Long-term health conditions can limit achievement of personal goals. We aimed to map and
synthesize definitions of goal adjustment, theoretical underpinnings, associations with …

Purpose To investigate the impact of personal goal disturbance after cancer diagnosis on
well-being over time, and a possible moderating role of goal adjustment tendencies and …

Background: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is commonly used for cancer-
and chemotherapy-related symptoms. Nurses are likely to encounter many CAM users in …