Abstract
Psychological morbidity in cured cancer patients is seriously underestimated [1–8]. Little research has been done on the long-term psychologic consequences of gynecological cancer, whereas a relatively large number of studies have been done on breast cancer. The latter work has shown that the psychological morbidity in cured patients is high (22%–33%) and that the psychological distress often does not become manifest until 6–9 months after medical treatment [9].
This study was supported by the Netherlands Cancer Foundation.
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Bos-Branolte, G., Zielstra, E.M., Rijshouwer, Y.M., Duivenvoorden, H.J. (1988). Psychotherapy in Patients Cured of Gynecological Cancers. In: Senn, HJ., Glaus, A., Schmid, L. (eds) Supportive Care in Cancer Patients. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 108. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82932-1_33
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