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Fear of Progression in Cancer Patients and Survivors

2017
Fear of progression (or fear of recurrence) is an appropriate, adequate response to the real threat of cancer. However, elevated levels of fear of progression can become dysfunctional, affecting well-being, quality of life, and social functioning. Research has shown that fear of progression is one of the most frequent distress symptoms of patients with
Andreas, Dinkel, Peter, Herschbach
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Comorbidity of fear of progression and anxiety disorders in cancer patients

General Hospital Psychiatry, 2014
The relation between fear of progression (FoP) and anxiety disorders remains unclear. Therefore, we investigated the comorbidity between clinical FoP and psychiatric anxiety disorders.In this cross-sectional study, 341 cancer patients undergoing acute inpatient care participated. A structured clinical interview (Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV
Andreas, Dinkel, Katrin, Kremsreiter, Birgitt, Marten-Mittag, Claas, Lahmann   +3 more
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Fear of cancer progression in patients with stage IA malignant melanoma

European Journal of Cancer Care, 2018
We aimed to determine the prevalence and importance of fear of cancer progression (FoP) in melanoma patients with stage IA tumours to assess psychosocial and demographic factors associated with severity of FoP and to determine the relationship of FoP and quality of life (QoL).
Tobias Wagner, Matthias Augustin, Christine Blome, Andrea Forschner, Claus Garbe, Ralf Gutzmer, Axel Hauschild, Lucie Heinzerling, Elisabeth Livingstone, Carmen Loquai, Dirk Schadendorf, Patrick Terheyden, Tina Mueller-Brenne, Katharina C. Kähler   +13 more
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Fear of progression in patients 6 months after cancer rehabilitation—a validation study of the fear of progression questionnaire FoP-Q-12

Supportive Care in Cancer, 2014
Many cancer patients experience fear of progression (FoP). The purpose of this study was to test psychometric properties of the questionnaire FoP-Q-12, to examine age and gender differences of FoP, and to explore prognostic factors of FoP.A sample of 2059 patients with a cancer diagnosis who had participated in a cancer rehabilitation program was ...
Andreas, Hinz, Anja, Mehnert, Jochen, Ernst, Peter, Herschbach, Thomas, Schulte   +4 more
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The role of interpretation biases and symptom burden in fear of cancer recurrence/progression among ovarian cancer survivors

Psycho-Oncology, 2021
AbstractBackgroundModels of fear of cancer recurrence or progression (FCR/P) suggest that the way in which people interpret ambiguous physical symptoms is an important contributor to the development and maintenance of FCR/P, but research has not investigated this claim.
Poorva Pradhan, Louise Sharpe, Phyllis Butow, Hayley Russell   +3 more
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Evaluation of two group therapies to reduce fear of progression in cancer patients

Supportive Care in Cancer, 2009
This paper aims to evaluate the effects of two psychotherapeutic interventions on dysfunctional fear of progression (FoP) in cancer patients and to investigate illness-specific influences.One hundred seventy-four cancer patients were recruited from two rehabilitation clinics and randomly assigned to either a four-session cognitive-behavioral group ...
Peter, Herschbach, Katrin, Book, Andreas, Dinkel, Petra, Berg, Sabine, Waadt, Gabriele, Duran, Ursula, Engst-Hastreiter, Gerhard, Henrich   +7 more
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Fear of progression among colorectal cancer patients: a latent profile analysis

Supportive Care in Cancer
Fear of progression (FoP) leads to poor clinical outcomes in colorectal cancer patients. The study aimed to clarify the profiles and influencing factors of FoP among colorectal cancer patients.A cross-sectional study was conducted with 409 colorectal cancer patients. Convenience sampling method was used to select colorectal cancer patients hospitalized
Chen, Hu, Yajuan, Weng, Qian, Wang, Wenhui, Yu, Shihan, Shan, Niu, Niu, Yan, Chen   +6 more
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[Fear of progression in parents of children with cancer: adaptation of the Fear of Progression Questionnaire and correlates].

Klinische Padiatrie, 2016
Fear of Progression (FoP), the fear of further disease progression, is one of the most common psychological strains of chronically ill patients and can also be found in healthy partners of cancer patients. Parents of children with cancer are also at risk of developing distinct fears that may persist after medical treatment.
F, Schepper, K, Abel, P, Herschbach, H, Christiansen, A, Mehnert, J, Martini   +5 more
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[Cognitive-Behavioral Group Therapy Addressing Fear of Progression in Cancer Out-Patients].

Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik, medizinische Psychologie, 2018
Fear of progression (FoP) is an appropriate, rational response to the real threat of cancer and its treatments. However, patients experiencing elevated, dysfunctional levels of FoP often feel severely distressed and are in need of treatment. We previously conducted a (partly-)randomized controlled study with cancer patients undergoing in-patient ...
Bärbel, Rudolph, Alexander, Wünsch, Peter, Herschbach, Andreas, Dinkel   +3 more
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[Fear of progression in breast cancer patients--validation of the short form of the Fear of Progression Questionnaire (FoP-Q-SF)].

Zeitschrift fur Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, 2007
Fear of progression is one of the most prevalent symptoms in cancer patients. The aim of this study was to validate the 12-item short version of the Fear of Progression Questionnaire (FoP-Q-SF).A total of 1083 breast cancer patients were recruited by the Hamburg Cancer Register to fill out various questionnaires (response rate 67 %).Estimates of ...
Anja, Mehnert, Peter, Herschbach, Petra, Berg, Gerhard, Henrich, Uwe, Koch   +4 more
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