By: MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN From: jpost.com Some 94% of women with breast cancer who knew they were carriers in advance did not die of any cause within five years. Women who develop breast cancer but knew they carried the breast cancer (BRCA) gene before they were diagnosed are much more likely to survive the disease than those who find out they …
Cancer Patients’ Conversation Topics Reflect Well-Being, Study Finds
By: J.D. Warren From: ucrtoday.ucr.edu Substantive dialogue may help, but emotional exchanges likely don’t The psychological impacts of cancer can be devastating. That’s the finding of past research. We also know from research that talking about cancer helps cancer patients cope. But what about when cancer patients and their partners talk about something other than cancer? UC Riverside psychologist Megan Robbins found no one has …