Reactions to Cancer Treatment: Assessment of Emotional Response to Adjuvant Radiotherapy as a Guide to Planned Intervention
Psychiatric Clinics of North AmericaPublished 1 August 1979
Jimmie C. Holland, Julia H. Rowland, Allen Lebovits, Roslyn Rusalem
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Clinical data from clinical studies suggests that additional attention should be directed to the patient's psychological state on reaching the end of adjuvant radiotherapy for cancer.
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The stresses on and responses of cancer patients may vary widely in the course of their illness and its treatment. While high overall anxiety is expected and must be dealt with at the outset of treatment, recent data from clinical studies suggests that additional attention should be directed to the patient's psychological state on reaching the end of adjuvant radiotherapy for cancer.
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