Psychological Aspects of Cancer

Jennifer SteelDirector, Center for Excellence in Behavioral MedicineDirector, Quality of Life Program for UPMC’s Liver Cancer CenterProfessor of Surgery, Psychiatry, and PsychologyUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicineDepartment of SurgeryPittsburgh, PAUSABrian I. Carr Professor, Team Leader in Translational HCC ResearchLiver Transplantation InstituteInonu University, MalatyaTurkey

• Inflammation, Chronic Disease, and Cancer: Is Psychological Distress the Common Thread?.- Psychological Factors and Survivorship:  A Focus on Post-Treatment Cancer Survivors.- Couple Relationships and Cancer.- The Impact of Cancer and Its Therapies on Body Image and Sexuality.- Use of the Classic Hallucinogen Psilocybin for Treatment of Existential Distress Associated with Cancer.- Meaning, Spirituality, and Perceived Growth Across the Cancer Continuum: A Positive Psychology Perspective.- Stress, Coping, and Hope.- Religiousness and Spirituality in Coping with Cancer.- Psychoneuroimmunology and Cancer: Mechanisms Explaining Incidence, Progression, and Quality of Life Difficulties.- Psychosocial Interventions in Cancer.- Altruism in Relation to Live Donor Liver Transplants for Liver Cancer.- New and Emerging Challenges in Advanced Cancer Care: Opportunities for Enhancing Patient-Centered Communication.- Complementary Mind-Body Therapies in Cancer.- The Intersection between Cancer and Caregiver Survivorship.- Controversies in Psycho-Oncology.- Resources for Cancer Patients.- Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors.- Cancer Fatalism: Attitudes Toward Screening and Car.- The Intersection between Cancer and Caregiver Survivorship.- Cancer and the Aging Population.- Mindfulness Based Interventions for Patients with Cancer.- Social Genomics and Cancer: Neural Regulation of the Cancer Genome.- Psychological Aspects of Hereditary Cancer Risk Counseling and Genetic Testing:  Toward an Expanded and More Equitable View.- Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy.- Quality of Life.- Bringing It All Together.