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Review: limited evidence exists on the effect of psychological coping styles on cancer survival or recurrence

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.6.3.88

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    Petticrew M, Bell R, Hunter D.Influence of psychological coping on survival and recurrence in people with cancer: systematic review.BMJ2002;325:1066–9OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text

    QUESTION: In patients with cancer, do psychological coping styles such as fighting spirit, helplessness/hopelessness, denial, and avoidance improve survival or prevent recurrence?

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    Studies up to June 2002 were identified by searching Medline, PsycINFO, ASSIA, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, Cancerlit, CINAHL, and Dissertation Abstracts. Bibliographies of relevant articles were reviewed, and experts were contacted for unpublished information.

    Study selection

    Studies published in any language were selected if they were cohort studies, patients had cancer, and outcomes included mortality, survival, or recurrence. Exclusion criteria included studies of the association between coping and immune responses or other biochemical markers (if this was the only outcome reported) and studies …

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    • Source of funding: The Scottish Executive Department of Health.

    • For correspondence:Dr M Petticrew, MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, Glasgow, UK. mark{at}msoc.mrc.gla.ac.uk