Posttraumatic stress disorder in breast cancer patients following autologous bone marrow transplantation or conventional cancer treatments

We assessed 17 women who had undergone autologous bone marrow transplants (BMT) for their breast cancer and 20 other women who had been treated for breast cancer (but not with BMT) by structured clinical interviews examining each stage of the breast cancer experience (e.g. initial diagnosis, initial...

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Published in:	Behaviour research and therapy Vol. 38; no. 10; pp. 1015 - 1027
Main Authors:	Mundy, Elizabeth A., Blanchard, Edward B., Cirenza, Emanuel, Gargiulo, Janet, Maloy, Barbara, Blanchard, Christina G.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01-10-2000 Elsevier Science Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:	Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Anxiety disorders. Neuroses Biological and medical sciences Bone marrow Bone Marrow Transplantation - psychology Breast cancer Breast Neoplasms - diagnosis Breast Neoplasms - psychology Breast Neoplasms - therapy Combined Modality Therapy Depressive Disorder, Major - diagnosis Depressive Disorder, Major - psychology Female Female genital diseases Follow-Up Studies Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics Humans Medical sciences Middle Aged Patients Personality Assessment Post traumatic stress disorder Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Sick Role Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - diagnosis Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology Transplants & implants Tumors Women Human Mammary gland diseases Posttraumatic syndrome Anxiety disorder Risk factor Bone marrow Female Transplantation Mammary gland Malignant tumor Stress
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Summary:	We assessed 17 women who had undergone autologous bone marrow transplants (BMT) for their breast cancer and 20 other women who had been treated for breast cancer (but not with BMT) by structured clinical interviews examining each stage of the breast cancer experience (e.g. initial diagnosis, initial treatment, recurrence of cancer (if applicable) and BMT (if applicable)) and at follow-up points; 3, 6 and 12 months (if applicable) posttreatment. The two groups did not differ on incidence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder (MDD) or generalized anxiety disorder at any stage. We found a high rate of PTSD over the cancer experience, 35% for the combined sample, with cancer diagnosis being the most likely point for developing PTSD, 27% for the combined sample. None of the 17 women who had undergone BMT developed PTSD as a result of the treatment.
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ISSN:	0005-7967 1873-622X
DOI:	10.1016/S0005-7967(99)00144-8