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Examining Fear Of Recurrence In Cancer Survivors, Christina L. Dixon
Examining Fear Of Recurrence In Cancer Survivors, Christina L. Dixon
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Improvements in the medical field have given many cancer patients and survivors better odds of long-term survival. As more patients become survivors, the demand for psychological treatment becomes greater. The most prevalent concern of survivors is getting help with a psychosocial condition known as fear of recurrence (FOR). Prior to this study, few researchers had explored how having a more aggressive cancer influences the development of FOR. The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine whether cancer stage and type (a measurement of severity) are predictive of FOR development in the high-risk cancer groups lung and bronchus and female …