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Stress Response Syndromes and Cancer: Conceptual and Assessment Issues

Received June 15, 2001; revised December 17, 2001; accepted December 28, 2001. From Psychosocial Oncology, University Health Network; University Health Network Mental Health Program and Psychosocial Oncology; Culture, Community and Health Studies, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and Psychosocial Oncology, Toronto, Canada. Address for correspondence and reprints: Dr. Maria Gurevich, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Justice Studies, Ryerson University, 350 Victoria St., Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3; mgurevic{at}ryerson.ca (e-mail).

Stress response syndromes have begun to receive research attention in cancer, including melanoma, Hodgkin's disease, breast cancer, and mixed-diagnosis samples. This paper focuses on conceptual and assessment issues in the application of the trauma model to adaptation to cancer. Among the central considerations: differentiating cancer from other traumatic events, the utility of conceptualizing stress responses along a continuum in this population, diagnostic issues, and preliminary recommendations for therapeutic interventions.

Key Words: Stress • Cancer

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