“…Since the 1950s, the cancer-prone personality described earlier, with its concomitant coping style of suppressed emo-Downloaded by [Deakin University Library] at 03:30 15 March 2015 tion, has been observed (LeShan, 1959;LeShan & Worthington, 1956). Longer-term survival has been correlated with the external expression of negative emotions toward one's illness and one's treating physicians, and shorter-term survival has been correlated with suppression and denial of psychological distress (Bacon, Renneker, & Cutler, 1952;Blumberg, West, & Ellis, 1954;Derogatis, Abeloff, & Melisaratos, 1979;Gorzinski et al, 1980;Rogentine, Fox, & VanKammen, 1978;Thomas, 1976;West, Blumberg, & Ellis, 1952). Some of this work, particularly that of Dcrogatis et al (1979), has been challenged because the research psycliologically assessed women at different points in time relative to diagnosis and treatment, thereby confusing responses to biological disease with the effects of treatment.…”