Evaluating the effect of a group pre-treatment chemotherapy psycho-education session for chemotherapy-naive gynecologic cancer patients and their caregivers.

CONCLUSION: This educational model provides patients and informal caregivers with information specific to their chemotherapy regimen and disease site. Integrating pre-treatment education into cancer care has the potential to improve the survivorship experience by increasing self-efficacy, treatment preparedness, and psychological well-being. PMID: 33077261 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Gynecologic Oncology - October 16, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Samoil D, Abdelmutti N, Gallagher LO, Jivraj N, Quartey NK, Tinker L, Giuliani M, Trang A, Ferguson SE, Papadakos J Tags: Gynecol Oncol Source Type: research