Patients at a comprehensive cancer center have participated in a weekly writing program for
7 years. Anecdotal evidence following writing in this clinical setting appeared congruent with …

Background: Expressive writing has been shown to improve quality of life, fatigue, and
posttraumatic stress among breast cancer patients across cultures. Understanding how and …

Decades of research have suggested that expressive writing produces physical and
psychological benefits in controlled laboratory experiments among healthy college students …

Women with metastatic breast cancer and significant psychological distress (N= 87) were
assigned randomly to engage in four home-based sessions of expressive writing or neutral …

Background: Patients with advanced cancer receiving palliative care often experience
severe physical and psychosocial symptoms. However, there are limited resources for …

Objective: Despite the significant size of the Asian American population, few studies have
been conducted to improve cancer survivorship in this underserved group. Research has …

Objective: This randomised trial tested (i) whether a home-based expressive writing (EW)
intervention improves quality of life in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) and (ii) whether …

craft ma, davis gc & paulson rm (2012) Expressive writing in early breast cancer survivors.
Journal of Advanced Nursing69 (2), 305–315. doi: 10.1111/j. 1365‐2648.2012. 06008. x …

Purpose/Objectives: To determine the feasibility and effectiveness of implementing an in-
home expressive-writing intervention among breast cancer survivors living in urban and …

Background Expressive writing involves writing about stressful or traumatic experiences.
Despite trials in people with advanced disease, no systematic review to date has critiqued …