Psycho-Social Pathways in Cancer Care: From Fear of Recurrence to Resilience and Quality of Life
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: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 12
Special Issue Editors
Interests: oral medicine; oral cancer; oral surgery; oral oncology; ONJ (osteonecrosis of the jaws); systematic reviews; meta-analysis
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: oral medicine; oral cancer; oral surgery; oral oncology; ONJ (osteonecrosis of the jaws)
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: oral medicine; oral cancer; oral surgery; oral oncology; ONJ (osteonecrosis of the jaws)
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fear of cancer recurrence is among the most common and distressing concerns faced by cancer survivors and their families. It can significantly impact quality of life, adherence to follow-up care, and overall psychological well-being. At the same time, promoting resilience, adaptive coping, and health-related quality of life has become a central goal in modern oncology and psycho-oncology.
This Special Issue invites contributions focusing on psychological, behavioral, and social dimensions of fear of cancer recurrence and well-being in cancer patients and survivors. We welcome original research articles, systematic and narrative reviews addressing assessment, mechanisms, and interventions aimed at reducing fear of recurrence and improving quality of life.
We particularly encourage submissions from experts and researchers actively engaged in this field, with the aim of offering an updated synthesis of current evidence and future investigations on this important topic.
Dr. Romeo Patini
Dr. Gioele Gioco
Dr. Cosimo Rupe
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fear of cancer recurrence
- oncology
- cancer survivorship
- quality of life
- psychological and behavioral interventions
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