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Women in study experienced improved sleep, fewer side effects from chemotherapy


Art Chimes | St. Louis, Missouri 15 June 2010

 A study in the journal, Clinical Cancer Research, indicates that women who seek counseling have a lower risk of death if their breast cancer recurs 1.


Breast cancer survivors 2 facing the disease a second time are more likely to live longer if they get psychological counseling.


The new study builds on previous research into the physical benefits for cancer patients who get counseling as well as medical care.


Ohio State University researcher Barbara Andersen began with a group of more than 200 women who'd been diagnosed with breast cancer.


Patients were randomly 3 assigned to get counseling or not. In research published two years ago, Anderson reported that the patients who got counseling were less likely to have a recurrence 4 of the cancer years later.


Now, a follow-up study in the journal Clinical Cancer Research indicates that the women who got counseling also had a lower risk of death if the breast cancer came back.


Andersen says the counseling, "had a large component 5 for stress reduction, teaching patients how to relax. But it also had elements to help them cope with their cancer treatments, change their health behaviors such as their diet, or exercise more frequently. And many strategies to help them just cope more effectively and have an enhanced quality of life." 


Andersen says the counseling produced more than psychological benefits for the women.


"They also had reduced symptoms from chemotherapy, improved sleep, and eventually improved disease outcomes."


Counseling is labor 6 intensive, so it may not be cheap. But compared to the cost of surgery, chemotherapy, and other medical treatments for cancer, it can be a good value.


Anderson is looking at that cost effectiveness in some of her current research. Meanwhile, American cancer patients are not routinely getting the sort of psychological counseling given the breast cancer patients in this study.


"No, and I think that's what's unfortunate," says Anderson. "Certainly with the escalating 7 health care costs, other additional services for patients are being squeezed, if you will."


Psychologist Barbara Andersen of Ohio State University says the results of this study can not be automatically extended to patients with different cancers or other serious diseases.


But she says it does suggest the importance of psychological services in patient care, not just for mental health but perhaps for the physical health of the patient as well.

 



再发生,复发( recur的第三人称单数 )
  • This theme recurs several times throughout the book. 这一主题在整部书里出现了好几次。
  • Leap year recurs every four years. 每四年闰年一次。
幸存者,残存者,生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
  • The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
  • survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
adv.随便地,未加计划地
  • Within the hot gas chamber, molecules are moving randomly in all directions. 在灼热的气体燃烧室内,分子在各个方向上作无规运动。 来自辞典例句
  • Transformed cells are loosely attached, rounded and randomly oriented. 转化细胞则不大贴壁、圆缩并呈杂乱分布。 来自辞典例句
n.复发,反复,重现
  • More care in the future will prevent recurrence of the mistake.将来的小心可防止错误的重现。
  • He was aware of the possibility of a recurrence of his illness.他知道他的病有可能复发。
n.组成部分,成分,元件;adj.组成的,合成的
  • Each component is carefully checked before assembly.每个零件在装配前都经过仔细检查。
  • Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife.刀身和刀柄是一把刀的组成部分。
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
v.(使)逐步升级( escalate的现在分词 );(使)逐步扩大;(使)更高;(使)更大
  • The cost of living is escalating. 生活费用在迅速上涨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The cost of living is escalating in the country. 这个国家的生活费用在上涨。 来自辞典例句
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