Psychological Factors and Cancer Survivorship
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Survivorship and Quality of Life".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 824
Editors
Interests: psycho-oncology; clinical health psychology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The cancer survivorship spectrum starts when symptoms are detected and continues throughout diagnosis, treatment, and end-of-life. Individual psychosocial and quality of life (QOL) experiences in cancer are non-linear across the survivorship spectrum and are diverse in frequency, intensity, and persistence over time. These factors also vary across cancer type, survivorship phase, and the treatment type, responsiveness, toxicities, and outcomes.
Psychosocial, quality of life (QOL), and cultural factors are intersectional among individuals with cancer and have downstream effects on cancer biomarkers and outcomes. Negative psychosocial experiences, such as distress, are often clinically significant and impairing; however, notably, they often co-exist with positive experiences, such as meaning-making.
These biopsychosocial effects are responsive to psychological and behavioral interventions aimed at mitigating distress and enhancing overall wellness. Interventions vary in how they are delivered, length of treatment, therapeutic approach, and effectiveness.
This Special Issue will enhance the visibility of clinically significant, novel research addressing the aforementioned topics for both cancer researchers and clinicians. This issue will also enrich knowledge about biopsychosocial–cultural relationships and will optimize awareness about how interventions improve distress and clinical outcomes in cancer. Additional goals include filling gaps in the extant research and advancing the current state-of-the-science about how to improve mental and physical QOL and, ultimately, clinical outcomes.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Deidre B. Pereira
Dr. Ashley P. Ghiaseddin
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- psycho-oncology
- distress
- distress management
- biobehavior markers and mechanisms
- quality of life outcomes
- treatment outcomes
- survival outcomes
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