Defense mechanisms and coping style at very next diagnostic period in advanced and metastatic cancer.

Ciuhu, Anda Natalia; Badica, Rodica; Popescu, Mihaela; Radoi, Mugur; Nita, Roxana Andreea Rahnea; Nita, G.

doi:10.1200/jco.2016.34.15_suppl.e21610

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“…It can be helpful to help people change their negative attitudes and reduce destructively interfering thoughts (Ciuhu et al, 2016). As an example, it is quite easy for a therapist to encounter heterosexual couples who are afraid of having problems with homosexuality in situations where the man does not maintain an erection, and therefore begins to doubt his own masculinity.…”

Section: Methods Of Psychological Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The diagnosis of an oncological disease and hospitalization, whether it is day or continuous hospitalization, are often very critical moments for patients and their families (Rebegea et al, 2018, Paduraru et al, 2019. The diagnosis of cancer represents a stressful event for the individual (Ciuhu et al, 2015), which requires a major adaptation effort, generates an upheaval in daily life -due to the treatments and their side effects -and an important psychological crisis resulting from the unknown evolution of the disease and the threat it represents for the patient's future and life (Alelyani et al, 2023).…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Integration of Psychological Intervention in the Multimodal Treatment of Patients with Prostate Cancer and Erectile Dysfunction

Valcu,

Firescu,

Constantin

et al. 2024

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Male sexual dysfunction refers to a lack of attraction and a lack of normal sexual performance. The most common sexual dysfunction in men is erectile dysfunction. Erectile dysfunction is the inability to achieve an erection or to sustain satisfactory sexual intercourse. Sexual dysfunction is associated with oncological treatment, having a significant impact on the quality of life. Sexuality is a frantic sense of awakening to life, it is excitement and a lot of energy, it gives the feeling of invincibility, it is the opposite of death. For many cancer patients, getting an erection is a negative problematic experience, combined with feelings of hopelessness, depression, accompanied by loss of self-esteem. Taking into account the medical aspect, the present paper highlights the interpersonal psychological aspect with reference to the cognitive-behavioural model. The present analysis describes the problem of sexual dysfunction and illustrates a panorama of therapeutic models to plan an effective intervention. This study aims to perform a review of the evidence on the role of cognitive-behavioural psychotherapy in addressing erectile dysfunction problems in prostate cancer patients. An extensive bibliographic search of online database and relevant manuscripts was followed.

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Section: Methods Of Psychological Treatmentmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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The Integration of Psychological Intervention in the Multimodal Treatment of Patients with Prostate Cancer and Erectile Dysfunction

Valcu,

Firescu,

Constantin

et al. 2024

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“…The life quality of patients with metastatic cancer is related to the oncological treatment performed, but also to the adaptation mechanisms of the patients with the disease [25][26][27][28][29].…”

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Immunotherapy Combined with Radiation in Malignant Melanoma without BRAF Mutations Brain Metastases—Favorable Response after Immunotherapy Continued beyond Progression

Rahnea-Nita,

Rebegea,

Toma

et al. 2024

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We present the case of a patient who was diagnosed in 2018 with nodular Malignant Melanoma (MM) without BRAF V 600 mutations stage 3 C (pT4b pN1a M0), and who underwent adjuvant citokines treatment with Interferon alpha 2b-48 weeks. Immunotherapy was initiated in January 2021 for lung and lymph node metastases. In June 2021, there was a partial response of the lung and lymph node metastases, but there was also progression to brain metastases. Immunotherapy was continued and Whole Brain Radiotherapy (WBRT) was performed. In September 2023, the imaging investigations revealed a favorable response, with no lesions suggestive of secondary determinations. The combination of Radiotherapy (RT) and Immunotherapy (IT) with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (ICI) has an abscopal effect. There is a coordinated action in the combination of RT and IT in order to obtain a common result, with the antitumor effect being greater than if RT or IT acted separately.

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“…The introduction and the review of data from the specialty literature aimed to introduce the presentation of a case of prostate cancer with brain metastases, which was a special case not only due to this aspect but also due to long-term survival (2008-2023), both with a local-regional disease (2008-2019) and a metastatic one (2019-2023). Such long-term survival led to the involvement of a multidisciplinary team (a urologist, an oncologist, a radiotherapist, a neurologist, an ophthalmologist, and a palliative care physician), the patient benefiting from almost all treatment options available for prostate cancer up to the end of his life, when palliative interventions were performed to improve his life quality [17].…”

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“…This was the moment when the question about oncological treatment by means of radiotherapy for brain metastases versus best supportive care arose [17].…”

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The Complexity of Treatments and the Multidisciplinary Team—A Rare Case of Long-Term Progression—Free Survival in Prostate Cancer until Development of Liver and Brain Metastases

Rahnea-Nita,

Rebegea,

Nechifor

et al. 2023

JCM

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Introduction: Prostate cancer has no initial clinical manifestation in the case of brain metastases since they are asymptomatic at first. This is why there is a high risk for clinicians to overlook these lesions, and they are often confused with other diseases. With all the improvements in diagnostic technological methods, which allow the early detection of lesions, and the progress in terms of systemic therapy associated with increased survival, an increase in incidence has also been noticed. Materials and methods: We report the case of a 64-year-old patient who presented himself to the Oncology Department of “St. Luca” Chronic Disease Hospital in Bucharest in November 2011 and received the following diagnosis: biopsied prostate neoplasm, local-regionally advanced, pelvic lymph node metastases. Results: After receiving complex oncological treatment, this patient represents a rare case of long-term progression-free survival (15 years). Discussions: This case has some particularities. According to the literature data, survival with metastatic prostate cancer is approximately 21 months, and cerebral metastases are found in only 2% of prostate cancer cases. This case is one of the few cases in the specialty literature that benefited from all therapeutic sequences; namely, total androgenic blockade, docetaxel, abiraterone, enzalutamide, and cabazitaxel. Conclusions: Brain metastases are an unfavorable prognostic factor in prostate cancer. The therapeutic options developed in recent years allow the improvement of survival.

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Defense mechanisms and coping style at very next diagnostic period in advanced and metastatic cancer.

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The Integration of Psychological Intervention in the Multimodal Treatment of Patients with Prostate Cancer and Erectile Dysfunction

The Integration of Psychological Intervention in the Multimodal Treatment of Patients with Prostate Cancer and Erectile Dysfunction

Immunotherapy Combined with Radiation in Malignant Melanoma without BRAF Mutations Brain Metastases—Favorable Response after Immunotherapy Continued beyond Progression

The Complexity of Treatments and the Multidisciplinary Team—A Rare Case of Long-Term Progression—Free Survival in Prostate Cancer until Development of Liver and Brain Metastases

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