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ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2019

Emotional talk of patients with breast cancer during review appointments with therapeutic radiographers: effects on fears of cancer recurrence.

G Humphris, Y Yang, L Barracliffe, J Cameron, C Bedi

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Article in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02599506 (Fear of Cancer Recurrence), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT02599506 completednot on this map

Fear of Cancer Recurrence (FoR) Trajectory During Radiation Treatment and Follow-up Into Survivorship of 100 Breast Cancer patients-a Pilot Study

TypeobservationalSponsorUniversity of St AndrewsRan2015 to 2016Enrolled97ConditionsBreast Cancer
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Specialist breast care nurses for support of women with breast cancer.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

G HumphrisEdinburgh Cancer Centre, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK. gmh4@st-andrews.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4601-8834
Y YangDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, Guangdong, China.
L BarracliffeDivision of Population and Behavioural Science, Medical School, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9TF, UK.
J CameronEdinburgh Cancer Centre, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
C BediEdinburgh Cancer Centre, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
University of St Andrews · GBWestern General Hospital · GBNanfang Hospital · CN

Funding

Breast Cancer Now SP529
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fears of cancer recurrence (FCR) in patients with breast cancer may develop during radiotherapy. Radiographer communication with their patients may influence early survivorship FCR level.

aimTo investigate the management of emotional talk in patients with breast cancer attending their initial review appointments during radiotherapy and predict FCR at 6-8 weeks follow-up.

methodsA mixed-methods observational study was conducted. Patients (consecutive sample, n = 60) with breast cancer, attending a major Scottish cancer centre, had their first two review appointments with their therapeutic radiographer (TR) audio-recorded. In addition, FCR was assessed (FCR7) at baseline and at 6-8 weeks following their final radiotherapy visit. Two TRs participated. Audio files were coded by the VR-CoDES system to identify emotional cues and therapeutic radiographer (TR) responses. Linear regression models were tested for fit and to identify factors associated with follow-up FCR, i.e. patient cues, responses by TR.

resultsFollow-up FCR was predicted negatively (robust estimator, p = .01) by level of patient emotional talk at the second review session. The provision of space by the TR, at the second session, to enable patients to expand their emotional utterances was also associated, but negatively (p = .01), with follow-up FCR. These effects were maintained after inclusion of covariates: age, treatment received and living conditions.

conclusionsPatient's emotional expression and TR responses at the second review meeting predicted follow-up FCR. The study shows the effect of communication processes on this specific distress component of the patient's survivorship experience.

trial registrationNCT02599506.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overBreast NeoplasmsEmotionsFearFemaleHumansMiddle AgedNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalRadiologistsBehavioural codingBreast cancer patientsCommunicationDistressEmotional talkFears of recurrenceSurvivorshipTherapeutic radiotherapy

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