TY - JOUR
T1 - Psycho-oncology and its scientific background
AU - Uchitomi, Y.
AU - Inagaki, M.
AU - Matsuoka, Y.
AU - Sugahara, Y.
AU - Akizuki, N.
AU - Nakano, T.
AU - Akechi, T.
PY - 2001/6
Y1 - 2001/6
N2 - Psycho-oncology has two purposes corresponding to the psychosocial aspects of cancer: 1. to clarify the psychosocial impacts of cancer on the quality of life of the patient, family and staff; 2. to clarify the role that psychosocial and behavioral variables may have in cancer risk and survival. For these purposes, patient education, counseling, behavioral and psychopharmacological techniques have been applied to clinical oncology. In this paper, we review psycho-oncology and its scientific background, with respect to neuroradiology and molecular genetics, as well as psychiatry, psychology, epidemiology, pharmacology and immunology.
AB - Psycho-oncology has two purposes corresponding to the psychosocial aspects of cancer: 1. to clarify the psychosocial impacts of cancer on the quality of life of the patient, family and staff; 2. to clarify the role that psychosocial and behavioral variables may have in cancer risk and survival. For these purposes, patient education, counseling, behavioral and psychopharmacological techniques have been applied to clinical oncology. In this paper, we review psycho-oncology and its scientific background, with respect to neuroradiology and molecular genetics, as well as psychiatry, psychology, epidemiology, pharmacology and immunology.
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M3 - Review article
C2 - 11432339
AN - SCOPUS:0035378918
SN - 0385-0684
VL - 28
SP - 747
EP - 751
JO - Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
JF - Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
IS - 6
ER -
