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Breast Cancer Survival
Long-term breast cancer survivors benefit from uncertainty management intervention
January 12th, 2006
Long-term breast cancer survivors would benefit from uncertainty management intervention, a recent study showed. According to researchers in the United States, "In a randomized controlled design, [our] study tested the efficacy of a theoretically based uncertainty management intervention delivered to older long-term breast cancer survivors. The sample included 509 recurrence-free women (360 Caucasian, 149 African-American women) with a mean age of 64 years (S.D.=8.9 years) who were 5-9 years post-treated for breast cancer." M.H. Mishel and colleagues explained, "Women were randomly assigned to either the intervention or usual care control condition....
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-01-12)
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