Breast cancer survivors experience cognitive difficulties following chemotherapy, yet the effects of these deficits on functional outcomes have not been systematically evaluated.
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Breast cancer survivors experience cognitive difficulties following chemotherapy, yet the effects of these deficits on functional outcomes have not been systematically evaluated.
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- A Randomized trial of a cognitive‐behavioral therapy and hypnosis intervention on positive and negative affect during breast cancer radiotherapy (2009) · doi
Despite this, few studies have examined the effectiveness of psychological interventions to reduce negative affect, and none to date have explicitly examined interventions to improve positive affect among breast cancer radiotherapy patients.
Keywords: examined interventions affect despite effectiveness psychological reduce negative none date explicitly improve positive among breast - Cognitive and Psychological Factors Associated with Early Posttreatment Functional Outcomes in Breast Cancer Survivors (2009) · doi
Breast cancer survivors experience cognitive difficulties following chemotherapy, yet the effects of these deficits on functional outcomes have not been systematically evaluated.
Keywords: breast cancer survivors experience cognitive difficulties following chemotherapy effects deficits functional outcomes systematically evaluated - A Controlled Trial of Group Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Irish Breast Cancer Patients (2010) · doi
A controlled trial provided limited evidence for the effectiveness of brief cognitive behavior intervention in enhancing psychological adjustment of early-stage breast cancer patients with nonclinically significant levels of psychological distress.
Keywords: psychological controlled trial provided limited evidence effectiveness brief cognitive behavior intervention enhancing adjustment early stage
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