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Prostate cancer treatments are associated with a range of symptoms and physical side-effects. Cancer can also adversely impact on psychological wellbeing. Because many prostate cancer-related symptoms and side-effects are potentially modifiable, we investigated associations between symptoms and psychological wellbeing among prostate cancer survivors.

For clinical and research purposes, efficient identification of cases of cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is important, as CRF can be persistent and interfere with usual functioning. While various fatigue-screening instruments are available, no brief screening indices have been developed using formally diagnosed CRF cases as the criterion.

Pink Ribbon zet zich in voor de bestrijding van borstkanker door preventie en opsporing aan te moedigen. Pink Ribbon vestigt via communicatie en informatie een bijzondere aandacht op het verbeteren van de levenskwaliteit van personen met borstkanker en hun omgeving.

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Kom op tegen Kanker publiceert  het jaarverslag 2015 van het Kankermeldpunt  en daaruit blijkt dat het Kankermeldpunt hard nodig blijft.

The objective of this study is to critically appraise empirical evidence investigating pathways between health literacy (HL) and cervical cancer screening.

The aim of this study was to examine diagnosis and treatment burden as well as psychological distress (anxiety and depression) and fatigue in thyroid cancer patients and their partners, focusing on the effects of gender, role, and time since diagnosis.

This pilot study examined whether breast cancer patients with childhood trauma exhibit increased fatigue, depression, and stress in association with inflammation as a result of whole breast radiotherapy (RT).