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In Psychosocial Interventions for Cancer, contributors analyze state-of-the-art research, theory, and intervention used to prevent cancer, to detect it in more treatable stages, and to enhance the quality of life among cancer patients and their families. Contributors explore conceptual and applied currents in health psychology, public health, and behavioral medicine and review major research programs on patient interventions.

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• Contributors(p. xiii)
• Foreword(p. xvii)
• Acknowledgments(p. xix)
• Chapter 1 Psychosocial Intervention and Cancer: An Introduction(p. 3)
• Part 1 Bases of Adjustment to Living With Cancer
• Chapter 2 Adapting to Cancer: The Importance of Hope and Purpose(p. 15)
• Chapter 3 General and Specific Measures of Quality of Life in Younger Women With Breast Cancer(p. 37)
• Chapter 4 Quality-of-Life Measurement in Oncology(p. 57)
• Chapter 5 Long-Term Adjustment in Cancer Survivors: Integration of Classical-Conditioning and Cognitive-Processing Models(p. 77)
• Chapter 6 A Social--Cognitive Processing Model of Emotional Adjustment to Cancer(p. 99)
• Part 2 Bases of Intervention: Targets and Processes
• Chapter 7 A Biobehavioral Model for Psychological Interventions(p. 119)
• Chapter 8 Group Processes in Therapeutic Support Groups(p. 131)
• Chapter 9 Traumatic Stress as a Target for Intervention With Cancer Patients(p. 143)
• Chapter 10 Assessing the Important Effector Mechanisms in the Immune Response Against Cancer(p. 175)
• Chapter 11 Immune System Versus Tumor(p. 193)
• Part 3 Prevention and Intervention
• Chapter 12 Psychosocial Interventions in Cancer: Group Therapy Techniques(p. 215)
• Chapter 13 Psychoeducational Intervention Programs for Patients With Cancer(p. 235)
• Chapter 14 Group Support Interventions for People With Cancer: Benefits and Hazards(p. 269)
• Chapter 15 Psychosocial Interventions for Women at Increased Risk for Breast Cancer(p. 287)
• Chapter 16 Interventions for Healthy Individuals at Familial Risks for Cancer: Biobehavioral Mechanisms for Health Benefits(p. 305)
• Chapter 17 Targets for Interventions of Reduce Cancer Morbidity(p. 321)
• Part 4 Conclusions
• Chapter 18 Tailoring Psychosocial Interventions to the Individual's Health Information-Processing Style: The Influence of Monitoring Versus Blunting in Cancer Risk and Disease(p. 343)
• Chapter 19 Preventive Psychosocial Intervention in Cancer Treatment: Implications for Managed Care(p. 363)
• Chapter 20 Speculations on the Relationship of Behavioral Theory to Psychosocial Research on Cancer(p. 375)
• Author Index(p. 401)
• Subject Index(p. 431)
• About the Editors(p. 445)