Michael Andrykowski

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..A conceptual framework for understanding factors associated with psychological health in cancer survivors is presented. Finally, strategies for promoting psychological health in cancer survivors are examined...

..Lack of consensus regarding how to identify cancer patients with significant fatigue has hampered research regarding cancer-related fatigue (CRF)...

..Identify the current physical and mental health status and health behaviors of male breast cancer survivors...

..Little research has identified the physical and mental health status of survivors of multiple primary cancer diagnoses...

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..The present study sought to examine use of MH resources in rural and nonrural survivors and identify factors associated with MH resource use...

..Use a proposed case-definition approach to identify the prevalence of cancer-related fatigue (CRF), demographic, clinical and psychosocial predictors of subsequent CRF, and psychosocial factors associated with concurrent CRF...

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..To identify clinical, demographic, dispositional, and attitudinal variables associated with return for routine, annual transvaginal sonography (TVS) screening for ovarian cancer...

..Most importantly, consideration of the observed response shift in fatigue ratings significantly altered the conclusions drawn regarding the magnitude and persistence of fatigue during and after adjuvant therapy for breast cancer...

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..However, the availability of genetic information does not imply this information is desired or would impact treatment decision making...

..To examine health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and growth, and spiritual well-being in adult survivors of hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) for a malignant disease...

..Consistent with the monitoring process and cognitive-social health information processing models, response to an abnormal TVS result was moderated by a monitoring coping style, low optimism, and a family history of OC...

..The primacy of social constraint in accounting for both benefit finding and distress was noteworthy and warrants further research on the role of social constraint in adaptation to stressful events...

..The provision of support is important as distress specific to gene status may impede flexible decision making about genetic testing...

..The present study aims to identify disparities in MH outcomes between rural and nonrural cancer survivors...

..The aim of the present chart analysis was to investigate the safety and efficacy of high-dose ITOs combined with IV naloxone compared with IV opioid analgesia alone...

..Consequently, self-reports of TVS screening may serve as a cost-effective substitute for more objective methods of assessing TVS screening behavior...

..Results support the monitoring process model (S. M. Miller, 1995) and the cognitive social health information processing model (S. M. Miller, Y. Shoda, & K. Hurley, 1996)...

..Results support a social-cognitive processing model of adaptation to traumatic events and suggest consideration of emotional intelligence may broaden this model...

..The authors identified clinical and demographic risk factors that furnish a simple, efficient, and potentially cost-effective means of stratifying risk for distress in the breast biopsy setting...

..No research has examined how cancer diagnosis and treatment might alter information source preferences or opinions...

..Little information exists, however, regarding characteristics of participants in ovarian cancer (OC) screening...

..We conclude that key to developing interventions to improve understanding of cancer risk and promoting effective cancer control mechanisms is an understanding of the specific reasons underlying individuals' perceptions of cancer risk...

..As little research has examined factors associated with beliefs about cancer causation, this study examined the relationship between personal and family history of cancer and beliefs about the causes and prevention of malignant disease...

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..10, p's>0.50). Findings suggest that women's perceptions of physicians' interpersonal skills during the diagnostic consultation are associated with later psychological adjustment...

..Future research should use prospective longitudinal research designs incorporating appropriate comparison groups to further explore this issue...

..Results suggest that focusing on symptoms is a maladaptive approach to illness, but that information seeking may yield benefits to physical recovery...

..This study examined the effects of receipt of a normal ovarian cancer screening test result on a range of psychosocial outcomes, including screening-related beliefs and intentions, risk knowledge, distress, and positive affect...

..Increased awareness of these issues is a key component in the development of follow-up care plans that may allow for adequate surveillance, prevention, and the management of long-term and late effects of cancer...

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..Results suggest the potential value of a psychoeducational intervention after biopsy to enhance appropriate performance of BSE...

..Rather than viewing cancer as a trauma with uniformly negative effects on quality of life, it might be more appropriate to view cancer as a psychosocial transition with the potential for both positive and negative outcomes...

..Social desirability was unrelated to reports of positive behavior change. Results are interpreted in light of theories of adaptation to cancer diagnosis and treatment...

..The purpose of this study was to examine the health-related quality of life and post-traumatic growth (PTG) of spouses/partners compared with survivors and controls and to identify factors associated with those outcomes...

..Findings suggest considerable heterogeneity in the experience of fatigue following treatment and support the utility of a cognitive-behavioral model in predicting the course of posttreatment fatigue...

..The present study sought to determine whether fatigue was greater in women who had completed treatment for early-stage breast cancer relative to a demographically matched comparison group of women with no cancer history...

..Studies suggest that the period following completion of treatment can be distressing for cancer patients. One potentially important predictor of distress is physical symptoms/side effects during treatment...

..Results provide initial guidance toward development of interventions to promote adaptive responses after receipt of an abnormal cancer screening test result...

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..96, P < 0.001, 95% confidence interval = 0.88-1.00). In conclusion, self-reported smoking status among participants in a lung cancer screening trial was highly consistent with urinary cotinine test results...

..The ability to use written methods will facilitate collection of basic family history information in the oncology clinic...

..The overall goal of the training program is to prepare trainees for careers as independent investigators in behavioral oncology. ..

..Results will enhance understanding of response to abnormal results in response to screening for OC and will also enhance understanding of response to abnormal screening results for other malignant and nonmalignant conditions. ..

DESCRIPTION (Applicant's Abstract): This training program, co-directed by Michael Andrykowski and Thomas Garrity, proposes to support four pre- and three postdoctoral trainees with a training faculty of 19...

..g., high monitoring) and post-TVS psychological and behavioral outcomes will be tested. Results will enable development of interventions to enhance psychological and behavioral outcomes after TVS screening for OC. ..