• Wien Med Wochenschr · Dec 2005

    [Perspectives on psycho-oncology and tumor-related fatigue].

    • Pia Heussner.
    • Psycho-Onkologie, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik III, Klinikum der Universität München -- Grosshadern, München, Germany. Pia.Heussner@med.uni-muenchen.de
    • Wien Med Wochenschr. 2005 Dec 1; 155 (23-24): 544-8.

    AbstractPsycho-oncology -- as the diction suggests -- is a multidisciplinary sub-specialty of oncology concerned with the emotional responses of patients at all stages of the disease, their families and staff. Psycho-oncology does not assume the responsibility of cancer cure but attends to the psychological, social and behavioural variables that influence cancer prevention, risk and survival. The psycho-social research domains today contain the screening and management of psycho-social distress as well as experiences with specific psycho-oncological symptoms. Cancer-related fatigue, for example, disturbs patients' quality of life more often than pain. However, all too often doctors fail to pay enough attention to this unknown symptom.

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