10 Questions
True or false: There is evidence that psychological interventions can improve cancer survival rates.
False
True or false: There is sufficient evidence to prove that psychosocial interventions can improve survival in cancer patients?
False
True or false: The International Psycho-Oncology Society has been established to coordinate supportive care networks.
True
True or false: Cancer development is not affected by psychological factors?
False
True or false: Cancer patients may suffer from changes in self-esteem and body image due to the disease.
True
True or false: The International Psycho-Oncology Society has been established to join forces in supportive care networks?
True
True or false: Guidelines for cancer treatment are based on evidence from research and psychosocial support is often available to cancer patients?
True
True or false: Chemotherapeutic treatments are known to interfere with sexual function in cancer patients.
True
True or false: Psycho-oncology is still a developing field of oncological care.
True
True or false: Changes in body image and self-esteem, cancer-related fatigue, and pain do not play an important role in sexual dysfunction in cancer patients?
False
Study Notes
- Cancer and its treatments lead to a broad range of physical and psychosocial problems.
- These range from physical pain, fatigue, and loss of autonomy to anxiety, depression, and strain on personal relationships.
- Psycho-oncology has developed into a firmly established part of oncological care in recent decades.
- Systematic research has exploded, and national societies have been created to join forces in the International Psycho-Oncology Society.
- Guidelines have been developed, and much effort has been made to implement and coordinate supportive care networks.
- In line with the broadening concept of health-related quality of life, the range of psycho-oncologic intervention has been continuously expanding.
- Cancer is a complex, multifaceted process with psychosocial factors contributing to cancer genesis, as well as progression.
- Although there is some evidence that psychological distress, especially depression, leads to poorer prognosis in cancer disease, the causal nature of this correlation is not yet proven.
- There is still debate over the question of whether psychosocial interventions could therefore improve survival in cancer patients.
- Historically, concepts like the “cancer personality” have had detrimental effects, leading, for example, to dysfunctional self-attribution of guilt in cancer patients.
- There is insufficient evidence to prove a significant effect of psychosocial interventions on cancer progression or survival, but evidence is slowly converging.
- Laypersons, as well as health care workers, tend to overestimate the role of psychological factors in cancer development.
- Cancer development and progression are affected by a variety of psychological factors, including stress, pain, and fatigue.
- Cancer patients should be screened for distress in order to identify those who may benefit from psychooncological interventions.
- Psychooncological interventions can help manage pain and fatigue, two common symptoms of cancer.
- Guidelines for cancer treatment are based on evidence from research, and psychosocial support is often available to cancer patients.
- Cancer can affect sexuality in many direct and indirect ways.
- Cancer itself (especially testicular, prostate, penile, bladder, or gynecological tumors), as well as operative treatment, may harm physical structures necessary to sexual function.
- Disease-related hormonal changes or hormonal changes induced by chemotherapeutic, hormonal, or operative treatment interfere with sexual function.
- Changes in body image and self-esteem, cancer-related fatigue, pain or emotional problems, or strains on the relationship with sexual partners also play an important role in sexual dysfunction in cancer patients.
Test your knowledge on the broad range of physical, psychosocial, and sexual issues faced by cancer patients, as well as the role of psycho-oncology in providing supportive care and interventions. Explore the complexities of cancer's impact on quality of life and the evolving understanding of psychosocial factors in cancer progression.
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