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When fear of cancer recurrence becomes a clinical issue: a qualitative analysis of features associated with clinical fear of cancer recurrence

Mutsaers, Brittany, Jones, Georden, Rutkowski, Nicole, Tomei, Christina, Séguin Leclair, Caroline, Petricone-Westwood, Danielle, Simard, Sébastien, Lebel, Sophie·2016·Supportive Care in Cancer
DOI 10.1007/s00520-016-3248-5
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Purpose Fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) is a common experience for cancer survivors. However, it remains unclear what characteristics differentiate non-clinical from clinical levels of FCR. The goal of this study was to investigate the potential hallmarks of clinical FCR.Methods A convenience sample of 40 participants (n = 19 female) was drawn from another study (Lebel et al. in Qual Life Res 25:311-321. doi: 10.1007/s11136-015-1088-2 , 2016). The semi-structured interview for fear of cancer recurrence (Simard and Savard in J Cancer Surviv 9:481-491. doi: 10.1007/s11764-015-0424-4 , 2015) was used to identify participants with non-clinical and clinical FCR and qualitative analysis of these interviews was performed.Results Individuals with clinical FCR reported the following features: death-related thoughts, feeling alone, belief that the cancer would return, experiencing intolerance of uncertainty, having cancer-related thoughts and imagery that were difficult to control, daily and recurrent, lasted 30 minutes or more, increased over time, caused distress and impacted their daily life. Triggers of FCR and coping strategies did not appear to be features of clinical FCR as they were reported by participants with a range of FCR scores.Conclusions While features of clinical FCR found in this analysis such as intrusive thoughts, distress and impact on functioning confirmed previous FCR research, other features spontaneously emerged from the interviews including "death-related thoughts," "feeling alone," and "belief that the cancer will return." The participants' descriptions of cancer-specific fear and worry suggest that FCR is a distinct phenomenon related to cancer survivorship, despite similarities with psychological disorders (e.g., Anxiety Disorders). Future research investigating the construct of FCR, and the distinguishing features of clinical FCR across a range of cancer types and gender is required.

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Authors
Mutsaers, B., Jones, G., Rutkowski, N., Tomei, C., Séguin Leclair, C., Petricone-Westwood, D., Simard, S., & Lebel, S.
Affiliations
  • University of Ottawa (CA)
  • Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec (CA)
Corresponding author
Mutsaers, Brittany
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Venue
Supportive Care in Cancer
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2016-05-12
Volume
24
Issue
10
Pages
4207-4218
ISSN
  • 0941-4355 (ISSN-L)
  • 1433-7339
DOI
10.1007/s00520-016-3248-5
OpenAlex
W2388194414
Cited by
109
References
36
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 8
FWCI
4.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Supportive Care in Cancer (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Constellation (Université du Québec à Chicoutimi) (acceptedVersion)
Funders
University of Ottawa
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
Keywords
fear of cancer recurrence, cancer survivors, death-related thoughts, intolerance of uncertainty, intrusive thoughts, cancer-related worry, psychological distress, coping strategies
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Anxiety, Fear, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, Neoplasms, Survivors

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