Este artigo, de caráter descritivo e crítico, apresenta a área da psico-oncologia como integrante do contexto da psicologia da saúde, incluindo seus objetivos e principais tópicos de interesse científico e profissional. O texto inclui, ainda, uma síntese das principais temáticas estudadas em psico-oncologia e apresentadas em congressos brasileiros da área. Discute-se a necessidade da implementação de pesquisas científicas, com rigor metodológico, úteis à promoção de condições favoráveis ao atendimento especializado de pacientes submetidos a tratamento médico e seus familiares, bem como a implementação de oportunidades de formação teórico-técnica específicas para a área.
This article of descriptive and critical character, introduces the Psychooncology area as an integrant of health psychology context, including its scientific and professional objectives and main topics. The text includes, yet, a thematic main synthesis studied by psychooncology and introduced in Brazilian congresses of this area. It discusses the need of scientific research implementations, with methodological rigidity, useful to promote favorable conditions of specialized assistance to patients submitted to medical treatment and their families, as well as specific opportunity formation on theoretician-technique implementations for the area
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