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Psychological enquiry: a contribution to cancer research1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

S. Greer
S. Greer*
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychological Medicine and the Faith Courtauld Unit for Human Studies in Cancer, King's College Hospital, London
*
2Address for correspondence: Dr S. Greer, Academic Department of Psychological Medicine, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5.
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Synopsis

A review of psychological contributions to cancer research is presented and a theoretical framework of heuristic value for such investigations is suggested. The author's study of women with breast cancer is described and methodological limitations are considered. There is evidence that psychological and psychobiological studies can make a useful contribution to cancer research, providing they are based on rigorous scientific methods.

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Research Article
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , February 1979 , pp. 81 - 89
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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Footnotes

1

This paper is based on the Kissen Memorial lecture delivered to the Society for Psychosomatic Research in May 1978.

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