Post-traumatic stress symptoms and post-traumatic growth in 223 childhood cancer survivors: predictive risk factors

With modern therapies and supportive care, survival rates of childhood cancer have increased considerably. However, there are long-term psychological sequelae of these treatments that may not manifest until pediatric survivors are into adulthood. The prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTS...

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Main Authors: Marta eTremolada, Sabrina eBonichini, Giuseppe eBasso, Marta ePillon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00287/full