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Adherence to Vaginal Dilation Following High Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Endometrial Cancer by Friedman, Lois C., Ph.D, Abdallah, Rita, LISW, OSW-C, Schluchter, Mark, Ph.D, Panneerselvam, Ashok, Kunos, Charles A., M.D., Ph.D

“…Purpose We report demographic, clinical, and psychosocial factors associated with adherence to vaginal dilation and describe the sexual and marital or…”
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Husbands' perceptions of wives' adjustment to breast cancer: the impact on wives' mood by Romero, Catherine, Lindsay, Julie E., Dalton, William T., Nelson, David V., Friedman, Lois C.

“…Married women's adjustment to breast cancer is positively influenced by their husbands' emotional support and by both spouses' active coping strategies…”
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Entertainment education for breast cancer surgery decisions: A randomized trial among patients with low health literacy by Jibaja-Weiss, Maria L, Volk, Robert J, Granchi, Thomas S, Neff, Nancy E, Robinson, Emily K, Spann, Stephen J, Aoki, Noriaki, Friedman, Lois C, Beck, J. Robert

“…Abstract Objective To evaluate an entertainment-based patient decision aid for early stage breast cancer surgery in low health literacy patients. Methods Newly…”
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The rates of chemotherapy-induced amenorrhea in patients treated with adjuvant doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide followed by a taxane by Tham, Yee-Lu, Sexton, Krystal, Weiss, Heidi, Elledge, Richard, Friedman, Lois C, Kramer, Rita

“…Adjuvant chemotherapy in premenopausal women with breast cancer may induce amenorrhea, which can affect fertility, choice of hormonal therapy, and increase the…”
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Depressed Mood and Social Support as Predictors of Quality of Life in Women Receiving Home Health Care by Lois C. Friedman, Brown, Anthony E., Catherine Romero, Mario F. Dulay, Peterson, Leif E., Paula Wehrman, Deborah J. Whisnand, Larry Laufman, Lomax, James

“…We examined relationships among depressed mood, social support and quality of life in 58 medically ill low-income women 40 years and older receiving home…”
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Optimism, social support and psychosocial functioning among women with breast cancer by Friedman, Lois C., Kalidas, Mamta, Elledge, Richard, Chang, Jenny, Romero, Catherine, Husain, Inna, Dulay, Mario F., Liscum, Kathleen R.

“…Personality, psychosocial, demographic and medical variables have been identified as correlates of adjustment to breast cancer and quality of life (QoL). Most…”
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Effect of a Computer-Based Decision Aid on Knowledge, Perceptions, and Intentions About Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Susceptibility: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Green, Michael J, Peterson, Susan K, Baker, Maria Wagner, Harper, Gregory R, Friedman, Lois C, Rubinstein, Wendy S, Mauger, David T

“…CONTEXT As the availability of and demand for genetic testing for hereditary cancers increases in primary care and other clinical settings, alternative or…”
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Increasing mental health awareness and appropriate service use in older Chinese Americans: A pilot intervention by Teng, Ellen J, Friedman, Lois C

“…Abstract Objective This study evaluated the effectiveness of a community intervention in increasing awareness of mental health issues and available resources…”
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Medical and psychosocial predictors of delay in seeking medical consultation for breast symptoms in women in a public sector setting by FRIEDMAN, Lois C, KALIDAS, Mamta, ELLEDGE, Richard, DULAY, Mario F, ROMERO, Catherine, CHANG, Jenny, LISCUM, Kathleen R

“…We examined demographic, medical and psychosocial factors related to delay in seeking medical consultation for breast symptoms. In this cross-sectional survey,…”
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Self-forgiveness, spirituality, and psychological adjustment in women with breast cancer by ROMERO, Catherine, KALIDAS, Mamta, ELLEDGE, Richard, CHANG, Jenny, LISCUM, Kathleen R, FRIEDMAN, Lois C

“…We evaluated whether a self-forgiving attitude and spirituality were related to psychological adjustment among 81 women being treated for breast cancer at a…”
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Attribution of blame, self-forgiving attitude and psychological adjustment in women with breast cancer by FRIEDMAN, Lois C, ROMERO, Catherine, ELLEDGE, Richard, CHANG, Jenny, KALIDAS, Mamta, DULAY, Mario F, LYNCH, Garrett R, OSBORNE, C. Kent

“…The purpose of this study was to examine relationships among self-blame for developing breast cancer, a self-forgiving attitude, mood, and quality of life…”
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Reproductive Issues for Women With BRCA Mutations by Friedman, Lois C., Kramer, Rita M.

“…Women carrying BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations face difficult and confusing reproductive decisions that fall into three categories: issues relating to risk-reducing…”
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Self-blame, Self-forgiveness, and Spirituality in Breast Cancer Survivors in a Public Sector Setting by Friedman, Lois C., Barber, Catherine R., Chang, Jenny, Tham, Yee Lu, Kalidas, Mamta, Rimawi, Mothaffar F., Dulay, Mario F., Elledge, Richard

“…Cognitive appraisal affects adjustment to breast cancer. A self-forgiving attitude and spirituality may benefit breast cancer survivors who blame themselves…”
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Use of an educational computer program before genetic counseling for breast cancer susceptibility: Effects on duration and content of counseling sessions by Green, Michael J., Peterson, Susan K., Baker, Maria Wagner, Friedman, Lois C., Harper, Gregory R., Rubinstein, Wendy S., Peters, June A., Mauger, David T.

“…Patients seeking genetic testing for inherited breast cancer risk are typically educated by genetic counselors; however, the growing demand for cancer genetic…”
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Determinants of colorectal cancer screening behavior among Chinese Americans by Teng, Ellen J., Friedman, Lois C., Green, Charles E.

“…Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among Chinese Americans and is the third leading cause of cancer death in this population. The…”
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Breast and colorectal cancer screening among low-income women with psychiatric disorders by Friedman, Lois C., Puryear, Lucy J., Moore, Allison, Green, Charles E.

“…This study investigated breast and colorectal cancer screening among 196 low‐income women being treated for psychiatric illnesses. Main outcome measures…”
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Psychosocial variables associated with husbands' adjustment three months following wives' diagnosis of breast cancer by Dalton, 3rd, William T, Nelson, David V, Brobst, Jennifer B, Lindsay, Julie E, Friedman, Lois C

“…Husbands of women with breast cancer may experience adjustment difficulties. We examined psychosocial predictors of husbands' adjustment to their wives' breast…”
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Preliminary testing of a just-in-time, user-defined values clarification exercise to aid lower literate women in making informed breast cancer treatment decisions by Jibaja-Weiss, Maria L., Volk, Robert J., Friedman, Lois C., Granchi, Thomas S., Neff, Nancy E., Spann, Stephen J., Robinson, Emily K., Aoki, Noriaki, Robert Beck, J.

“…Objective  To report on the initial testing of a values clarification exercise utilizing a jewellery box within a computerized patient decision aid (CPtDA)…”
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Association of Spirituality and Sobriety During a Behavioral Spirituality Intervention for Twelve Step (TS) Recovery by Brown, Anthony E., Pavlik, Valory N., Shegog, Ross, Whitney, Simon N., Friedman, Lois C., Romero, Catherine, Davis, George Christopher, Cech, Irina, Kosten, Thomas R., Volk, Robert J.

“…Twelve-Step (TS) recovery utilizes spirituality to promote sobriety, yet there are no proven programs designed to facilitate spiritual involvement. We…”
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The adherence to practice guidelines in the assessment of bone health in women with chemotherapy-induced menopause by Tham, Yee-Lu, Sexton, Krystal, Weiss, Heidi L, Elledge, Richard M, Friedman, Lois C, Kramer, Rita M

“…Premenopausal women are diagnosed with 25% of all invasive breast cancers;adjuvant chemotherapy given to many of this population may induce menopause and…”
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