Randomized trial of group psychosocial support in metastatic breast cancer: the BEST study
β Scribed by Pamela J. Goodwin; Molyn Leszcz; Jan Koopmans; Andrew Arnold; Richard Doll; Harvey Chochinov; Margaret Navarro; Katherine Butler; Kathleen I. Pritchard
- Book ID
- 117488024
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 411 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0305-7372
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND. This study was designed to replicate our earlier finding that intensive group therapy extended survival time of women with metastatic breast cancer. Subsequent findings concerning the question of whether such psychosocial support affects survival have been mixed. ## MET
B ased on a very small subsample of 25 estrogen receptor (ER)- negative women with breast cancer, 13 of whom received group therapy, Spiegel et al. 1 conducted an exploratory analysis that found increased survival for these women. They have argued that these women were not protected by hormonal ther