Aim: To describe the welfare activities of the Psycho-oncology Unit, of the Oncology and Hematology Service, University Clinic Hospital Valencia, during the period 2005-2007. Method: Patients were referred by their specialist. Data were collected daily, using a specifically-designed form, and incorporated into the hospital database. Results: 450 patients at all stages of disease, representing 7.03% of patients, and 103 relatives were referred. The mean age of the cancer patients was 52.73 years, (range 17-81 years). 43% of referred patients had breast cancer, representing 1.52% of patients seen at the breast cancer unit. However, the most frequent disease among referred patients was: gastric cancer 8.51%, head and neck cancer 8.08%, and lun...
Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common oncological pathology in the female population worldw...
The term cancer entails a set of diseases that have been having a progressive incidence in the last ...
Cancer is characterized as a disease that affects different ethnicities, gender and socioeconomic st...
Facing a cancer diagnosis has a strong emotional impact on both patient and family because, in addit...
Coping in advanced cancer involves physical problems and emotional discomfort for the patient and hi...
The subject of ‘the conspiracy of silence’ is addressed following a bio-psycho-social model and taki...
Objective: Develop and validate a Checklist of psycho-oncologic issues (LC-Psycho-onco) for oncologi...
Las consecuencias psicosociales del cáncer de mama han sido ampliamente documentadas. La Asociación ...
Objetivo: Conocer las características de los pacientes con cáncer atendidos en la Unidad de Psico On...
En los últimos años, en España, se ha incrementado tanto la incidencia del cáncer como su mortalidad...
Objective: Cancer is a complex phenomenon in which beliefs and perceptions of patients and carers ar...
Objective: To determine the levels of distress, anxiety and depression and their relation with perce...
Objective: Cancer and its treatments can alter the patient’s adaptation to their daily lives. This w...
Objetivo: Conocer los problemas de salud mental y de malestar psíquico de los pacientes con cáncer, ...
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of drug-related problems in patients who received cancer treat...
Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common oncological pathology in the female population worldw...
The term cancer entails a set of diseases that have been having a progressive incidence in the last ...
Cancer is characterized as a disease that affects different ethnicities, gender and socioeconomic st...
Facing a cancer diagnosis has a strong emotional impact on both patient and family because, in addit...
Coping in advanced cancer involves physical problems and emotional discomfort for the patient and hi...
The subject of ‘the conspiracy of silence’ is addressed following a bio-psycho-social model and taki...
Objective: Develop and validate a Checklist of psycho-oncologic issues (LC-Psycho-onco) for oncologi...
Las consecuencias psicosociales del cáncer de mama han sido ampliamente documentadas. La Asociación ...
Objetivo: Conocer las características de los pacientes con cáncer atendidos en la Unidad de Psico On...
En los últimos años, en España, se ha incrementado tanto la incidencia del cáncer como su mortalidad...
Objective: Cancer is a complex phenomenon in which beliefs and perceptions of patients and carers ar...
Objective: To determine the levels of distress, anxiety and depression and their relation with perce...
Objective: Cancer and its treatments can alter the patient’s adaptation to their daily lives. This w...
Objetivo: Conocer los problemas de salud mental y de malestar psíquico de los pacientes con cáncer, ...
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of drug-related problems in patients who received cancer treat...
Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common oncological pathology in the female population worldw...
The term cancer entails a set of diseases that have been having a progressive incidence in the last ...
Cancer is characterized as a disease that affects different ethnicities, gender and socioeconomic st...