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Peur de la récidive et/ou progression du cancer et prévention en santé mentale

Fear of cancer recurrence and/or progression and mental health prevention

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Psycho-Oncologie

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Les patients parlent souvent du retour de la maladie cancéreuse et expriment leurs angoisses quant à un éventuel envahissement de leur corps par le cancer ou la propagation de la maladie dans d’autres organes. Notamment dans la phase post-traitement, ils décrivent la peur de la récidive du cancer (PRC) comme une épée de Damoclès suspendue au-dessus de leur tête qui compromet la tranquillité de leur avenir en suscitant la notion d’incertitude. Certains auteurs mentionnent la PRC comme une dimension centrale chez de nombreux patients et d’autres pointent la problématique d’omniprésence de la peur du retour et/ou de la progression de la maladie comme étant une des difficultés les plus souvent rapportées par les survivants d’un cancer. L’objectif de notre travail est de présenter une revue de littérature et proposer des modalités d’interventions psychologiques centrées sur la PRC.

Abstract

Patients often mention the return of the cancer and express their anxiety about a possible invasion of their body by the cancer or the spread of the disease in other organs. Particularly, post-treatment, they describe the fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) as a sword of Damocles hanging over their head and threatening their future peace by spreading the notion of uncertainty. Some authors refer to the FCR as a central dimension in many patients, and others point out the problem of pervasive fear of return and/or progression of the disease being one of the most often reported difficulties by cancer survivors. The objective of our work is to present a literature review and propose terms of psychological interventions focused on FCR.

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  1. Institut Curie, unité de psycho-oncologie, 26, rue d’Ulm, F-75248, Paris cedex 05, France

    A. Suchocka-Capuano

  2. Laboratoire de psychopathologie et processus de santé (EA 4057), université Paris-Descartes, Paris, France

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Suchocka-Capuano, A., Bungener, C. Peur de la récidive et/ou progression du cancer et prévention en santé mentale. Psycho Oncologie 4, 237–243 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11839-010-0283-1

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