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ReviewThe lancet. Psychiatry2017

Post-traumatic stress disorder and cancer.

Matthew J Cordova, Michelle B Riba, David Spiegel

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Review in The lancet. Psychiatry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 190 papers, 14 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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190citing papers in PubMed, 14 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

190 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  7. Posttraumatic growth and well-being among people living with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis in recognition of 40 years of HIV/AIDS.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2022
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  11. The effects of art therapy on anxiety, depression, and quality of life in adults with cancer: a systematic literature review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021
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  14. EMDR in Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2020
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  20. Measuring positive psychosocial sequelae in patients with advanced cancer.Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · 2021
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130 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Matthew J CordovaPalo Alto University, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Michelle B RibaDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
David SpiegelDepartment of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA. Electronic address: dspiegel@stanford.edu.

Funding

Impact of Affect Reactivity and Regulation on Breast Cancer Treatment DecisionsU01CA197282 · NCI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI GROSS, JAMES J, SPIEGEL, DAVID · 2015 to 2019
$3.1M
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA197282
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Being diagnosed with and treated for cancer is highly stressful and potentially traumatic. An extensive literature has evaluated the prevalence, predictors, and correlates of cancer-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and diagnoses. In this qualitative review of cancer-related PTSD literature, we highlight conceptual, methodological, and diagnostic issues, and identify clinical implications and areas for future research. Cancer-related PTSD has been documented in a minority of patients with cancer and their family members, is positively associated with other indices of distress and reduced quality of life, and has several correlates and risk factors (eg, prior trauma history, pre-existing psychiatric conditions, poor social support). The literature on treatment of cancer-related PTSD is sparse. Existing literature on cancer-related PTSD has used DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria; the revised DSM-5 PTSD criteria have important implications for the assessment of cancer-related distress. Application of PTSD diagnosis to patients with cancer has been critiqued on conceptual and methodological grounds, and important differential diagnosis considerations should be taken into account. Psychosocial assessment of patients with cancer should include careful evaluation of pre-cancer diagnosis trauma and psychiatric history, and diagnostic interviewing should consider concurrent conditions (eg, adjustment disorder). Treatment of cancer-related PTSD should be approached with caution and be informed by existing evidence-based approaches for traumatic stress.

Indexed as

Cancer SurvivorsCausalityComorbidityHumansNeoplasmsQuality of LifeStress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

Identifiers

PMID28109647
PMCPMC5676567

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