Factors related to effectiveness of psychological intervention on Breast Cancer

  • Mehrnoush Mokrivala Department of Psychology, Allameh Tabataba'I University, Tehran, Iran
  • Farahbakhsh Kiumarse Associated Professor, Psychology Department, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.
Keywords: Breast cancer, Psychotherapy, Psycho-oncology therapy

Abstract

Potentially diagnosis and progress of breast cancer, specially after losing breast in one eastern country make several complication, which should be considered during therapy. Cancer especially breast cancer is involved with known and unknown mechanisms. Effectiveness of many therapeutic methods examined on breast cancer are mainly divided to pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments. It seems therapies is not effected patients in the same way. On the other word similar therapies in different study indicated different results among breast cancer patients. Therefore, in this study briefly we reviewed the previous literatures and summarized in this short report. Although we focused on non-pharmacological therapeutics, but we found some variables, interfere or facilitate effectiveness of any kind of treatments. In this report, some implication and effective variables mentioned briefly which is effect the recovery and interventions effectiveness in breast cancer such as age, economic level, stage of illness, depression and mood and distress.

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CITATION
DOI: 10.21760/jaims.v1i4.6930
Published: 2016-12-31
How to Cite
Mehrnoush Mokrivala, & Farahbakhsh Kiumarse. (2016). Factors related to effectiveness of psychological intervention on Breast Cancer. Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences, 1(04), 128-131. https://doi.org/10.21760/jaims.v1i4.6930
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Review Article