Fear of recurrence: a case report of a woman breast cancer survivor with GAD treated successfully by CBT
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General anxiety disorder (GAD) characterized by persistent, excessive and unrealistic worry about everyday things can affect everybody, including cancer patient survivor. In this paper, we present a case report of a breast cancer survivor with GAD treated by cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT), who was excessively worried about recurrence of the disease 2 years after the end of any treatment. Cognitive reframing, associated to behavioural exposure and relaxation, were used in order to treat this woman. We describe precisely how the therapy was conducted. Results showed a substantial improvement of the fear of recurrence which ‘naturally’ extended to other stressful situations not worked during the therapy. Actually, these results are encouraging since it showed that CBT can be efficient in complicated situation involving survivor of a serious disease like cancer who additionally suffers from an anxiety disorder. It also underlines how it is important to be concerned by the distress of cancer survivors. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Key Practitioner Message: Fear of recurrence is a real problem for cancer's survivors. Cancer's survivors affected by psychic disorders need a special psychological assistance. CBT prove to be efficient with these patients.
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FCR has been found to be related to depression and anxiety.
“FCR has also been found to be related to depression and anxiety [19–21].”
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- Authors
- Montel, S.
- Affiliations
- Interdisciplinarité en Santé Publique Interventions et Instruments de mesure complexes – Région Est (FR)
- Corresponding author
- Montel, Sébastien
- ORCID
- Montel, Sébastien
- Venue
- Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2010-07
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 346-353
- ISSN
- 1063-3995 (ISSN-L)
- 1099-0879
- OpenAlex
- W2000493497
- Cited by
- 21
- References
- 38
- Citations by year
- 2024: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 0.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Assessments
- Keywords
- fear of recurrence, breast cancer survivors, generalized anxiety disorder, cognitive behavioral therapy, cognitive reframing, relaxation training
- MeSH terms
- Anxiety Disorders, Breast Neoplasms, Combined Modality Therapy, Conflict, Psychological, Family Relations, Fear, Female, Humans, Implosive Therapy, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, Personality Inventory, Psychometrics, Reality Testing, Relaxation Therapy, Social Isolation, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Survivors
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