ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2018
Associations among physical symptoms, fear of cancer recurrence, and emotional well-being among Chinese American breast cancer survivors: a path model.
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- A Systematic Review of Fear of Cancer Recurrence Among Indigenous and Minority Peoples.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- Validation of the Lee-Jones theoretical model of fear of cancer recurrence among breast cancer survivors using a structural equation modeling approach.Psycho-oncology · 2023Trial
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- Fear of Cancer Recurrence in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Relationship between fear of progression and symptom burden, disease factors and social/family factors in patients with stage-IV breast cancer in Shandong, China.Cancer medicine · 2024Observational
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- Treating persistent pain after breast cancer: practice gaps and future directions.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2023Article
- Symptom burden and emotional distress in advanced lung cancer: the moderating effects of physicians' communication skills and patients' disease understanding.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022Article
- Fear of cancer recurrence among young adult cancer survivors-exploring long-term contributing factors in a large, population-based cohort.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2021Article
- A predictive model of fear of cancer recurrence for patients undergoing chemotherapy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2020Article
- Psychometric properties and correlates of a brief scale measuring the psychological construct mattering to others in a sample of women recovering from breast cancer.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2019Article
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Abstract
purposeMost existing studies on fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) are exploratory without theoretical underpinnings and have been conducted among non-Hispanic Whites. Based on theoretical models, we hypothesized that more physical symptoms (pain and fatigue) would be associated with higher FCR, which, in turn would be related to lower emotional well-being among Chinese American breast cancer survivors.
methodsParticipants were 77 Chinese American women who were diagnosed with breast cancer of stages 0-III. A cross-sectional path analysis was conducted with a bootstrapping method.
resultsThe final model showed that indirect paths from pain interference to emotional well-being and from fatigue to emotional well-being via FCR were significant. That is, higher levels of pain interference and fatigue were associated with higher FCR, which was further related to lower emotional well-being.
conclusionsTo our best knowledge, this is the first theory-driven study that investigates FCR experiences among Chinese American breast cancer survivors. Our study might provide a more comprehensive understanding of FCR as it simultaneously shows predictors and a psychological consequence of FCR. Results need to be replicated in large, racially/ethnically diverse samples and longitudinal studies.
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