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Psychological profile related to malignant tumours of different histopathology

Lilja, Åsa ; Smith, Gudmund LU ; Malmström, Per LU ; Salford, Leif G. LU and Idvall, Ingrid LU (1998) In Psycho-Oncology 7(5). p.376-386
Abstract

In a previous preoperative study of patients with gliomas, we made the original observation that patients with high grade as opposed to those with low-grade gliomas have a psychological profile marked by extreme emotional reactivity. In this postoperative study of the psychological profiles of patients with breast cancer, the main funding was unexpectedly analogous with the findings in the brain tumour study. The patients with poorly differentiated ductal carcinomas showed a specific and, compared to the patients with well differentiated carcinomas, outstanding psychological profile marked by extreme emotional reactivity as well as by genuine creativity. Some of the present patients with well differentiated carcinomas showed personality... (More)

In a previous preoperative study of patients with gliomas, we made the original observation that patients with high grade as opposed to those with low-grade gliomas have a psychological profile marked by extreme emotional reactivity. In this postoperative study of the psychological profiles of patients with breast cancer, the main funding was unexpectedly analogous with the findings in the brain tumour study. The patients with poorly differentiated ductal carcinomas showed a specific and, compared to the patients with well differentiated carcinomas, outstanding psychological profile marked by extreme emotional reactivity as well as by genuine creativity. Some of the present patients with well differentiated carcinomas showed personality profiles marked by compulsive inhibition, also described earlier in the literature of patients with breast cancer. The psychobiological relations between emotional reactivity and aggressiveness of tumour growth are discussed.

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Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Aged, Breast Neoplasms/pathology, Carcinoma in Situ/pathology, Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/pathology, Creativity, Defense Mechanisms, Emotions, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Personality Assessment, Prognosis, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Survival Analysis
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Psycho-Oncology
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7
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5
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376 - 386
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John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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  • pmid:9809329
  • scopus:0031728014
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1057-9249
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10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(1998090)7:5<376::AID-PON311>3.0.CO;2-Z
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English
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  author       = {{Lilja, Åsa and Smith, Gudmund and Malmström, Per and Salford, Leif G. and Idvall, Ingrid}},
  issn         = {{1057-9249}},
  keywords     = {{Adaptation, Psychological; Adult; Aged; Breast Neoplasms/pathology; Carcinoma in Situ/pathology; Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/pathology; Creativity; Defense Mechanisms; Emotions; Female; Humans; Middle Aged; Personality Assessment; Prognosis; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Survival Analysis}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{5}},
  pages        = {{376--386}},
  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{Psycho-Oncology}},
  title        = {{Psychological profile related to malignant tumours of different histopathology}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(1998090)7:5<376::AID-PON311>3.0.CO;2-Z}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/(SICI)1099-1611(1998090)7:5<376::AID-PON311>3.0.CO;2-Z}},
  volume       = {{7}},
  year         = {{1998}},
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