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Adjuvant psychological therapy for cancer patients: putting it on the same footing as adjunctive medical therapies
Author(s) -
Cunningham Alistair J.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
psycho‐oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.41
H-Index - 137
eISSN - 1099-1611
pISSN - 1057-9249
DOI - 10.1002/1099-1611(200009/10)9:5<367::aid-pon473>3.0.co;2-i
Subject(s) - medicine , adjuvant , adjuvant therapy , adjuvant chemotherapy , chemotherapy , adjunctive treatment , cancer , oncology , psychotherapist , intensive care medicine , psychology , breast cancer
A comparison is made between the models guiding the administration of adjuvant material remedies, such as chemotherapy, and ‘adjunctive psychological therapy’ (APT), in the treatment of cancer. It is argued that patients would benefit if APT were supplied subject to the same indications as adjuvant chemotherapy. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.