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Psycho-oncology and breast cancer: a paradigm for research and intervention

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The recent award to the Lombardi Cancer Research Center of a National Cancer Institute funded Specialized Program of Research Excellence (or SPORE) grant in Breast Cancer has created a unique opportunity to develop and apply a comprehensive psycho-oncology research model that can serve as a paradigm for studies in this area across disease sites. In the following article, the rationale for and design of the psycho-oncology research program at Georgetown is presented. Areas of research are outlined, specific topics of concern within these are delineated and progress towards addressing these is briefly reviewed.

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Rowland, J.H. Psycho-oncology and breast cancer: a paradigm for research and intervention. Breast Cancer Res Tr 31, 315–324 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00666164

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