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Coping strategies tailored to the management of fear of recurrence and adaptation for E‐health delivery: The FoRtitude intervention

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: Fear of recurrence has been well documented among cancer survivors, yet there have been few publications on strategies for coping with this fear. This report describes 3 coping strategies tailored to the management of fear of recurrence and the delivery of these coping strategies through FoRtitude, a targeted e‐health intervention designed to teach breast cancer survivors coping strategies targeted at fear of recurrence with a Web‐ and text messaging–based approach.

Source: Cancer

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30602

Authors: Lynne I. Wagner, Jenna Duffecy, Frank Penedo, David C. Mohr, David Cella

Institutions: Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Wake Forest University, University of Illinois Chicago, Northwestern University

Language: English

Topic: Cancer survivorship and care

Subfield: Oncology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Cancer Institute