Smartphone problem-solving therapy to reduce fear of cancer recurrence among breast cancer survivors: an open single-arm pilot study.

CONCLUSIONS: Smartphone PST, a novel brief intervention to reduce FCR, was well accepted by breast cancer survivors and yielded a favorable effect on FCR. The efficacy of this newly developed smartphone PST needs to be confirmed in a future well-designed randomized controlled trial.
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Source: Clinical Breast Cancer - February 22, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Imai F, Momino K, Katsuki F, Horikoshi M, Furukawa TA, Kondo N, Toyama T, Yamaguchi T, Akechi T Tags: Jpn J Clin Oncol Source Type: research