The notion that stress and cancer are interlinked has dominated lay discourse for decades.
More recent animal studies indicate that stress can substantially facilitate cancer …

Social support, which is the perception or experience that one is cared for, esteemed, and
part of a mutually supportive social network, has beneficial effects on mental and physical …

Objectives Depression and anxiety persist in cancer patients, creating an additional burden
during treatment and making it more challenging in terms of management and control …

Purpose To examine the impact of marital status on stage at diagnosis, use of definitive
therapy, and cancer-specific mortality among each of the 10 leading causes of cancer …

Purpose This study aimed to evaluate the effects of psycho-oncologic interventions on
emotional distress and quality of life in adult patients with cancer. Methods Literature …

Seven types of evidence are reviewed that indicate that high subjective well‐being (such as
life satisfaction, absence of negative emotions, optimism, and positive emotions) causes …

Cancer diagnosis and treatment constitute profoundly stressful experiences involving
unique and common challenges that generate uncertainty, fear, and emotional distress …

Objective Psychosocial care for advanced cancer encompasses a wide range of
interventions that help patients make life‐changing decisions, manage debilitating …

Purpose Numerous studies have examined the comorbidity of depression with cancer, and
some have indicated that depression may be associated with cancer progression or survival …

OBJECTIVE: To provide an overview of the role of anxiety disorders in medical illness.
METHOD: The Anxiety Disorders Association of America held a multidisciplinary conference …