Quality of life outcomes in patients with localised renal cancer: a literature review

SH Rossi, T Klatte, GD Stewart - World Journal of Urology, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Patients with localised renal cell carcinoma (RCC) can expect excellent oncologic
outcomes. As such, there has been a shift towards maximising health-related quality of life …

A systematic review of interventions for health anxiety presentations across diverse chronic illnesses

D Petricone-Westwood, G Jones, B Mutsaers… - International journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose Health anxiety (HA) is associated with reduced quality of life among individuals
with chronic illnesses. However, little is known about effective interventions for reducing HA …

Illness uncertainty and quality of life of patients with small renal tumors undergoing watchful waiting: a 2-year prospective study

PA Parker, F Alba, B Fellman, DL Urbauer, Y Li… - European urology, 2013 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Few studies have examined factors associated with the quality of life (QOL)
of patients with renal tumors. Illness uncertainty may influence QOL. OBJECTIVE: To …

A prospective, comparative study of quality of life among patients with small renal masses choosing active surveillance and primary intervention

HD Patel, MF Riffon, GA Joice, MH Johnson… - The Journal of …, 2016 - auajournals.org
Purpose: To our knowledge quality of life has not been evaluated in rigorous fashion in
patients undergoing active surveillance for small renal masses. The prospective, multi …

Examining mediators and moderators of yoga for women with breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy

CG Ratcliff, K Milbury, KD Chandwani… - Integrative cancer …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Hypothesis. This study examines moderators and mediators of a yoga intervention targeting
quality-of-life (QOL) outcomes in women with breast cancer receiving radiotherapy …

Randomized controlled trial of expressive writing for patients with renal cell carcinoma

K Milbury, A Spelman, C Wood, SF Matin… - Journal of Clinical …, 2014 - ascopubs.org
Purpose This randomized controlled trial examined the quality-of-life benefits of an
expressive writing (EW) intervention for patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and …

Laparoscopic versus open partial nephrectomy for clinical T1 renal masses: no impact of surgical approach on perioperative complications and long-term …

A Becker, L Pradel, L Kluth, M Schmid… - World journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Objectives Beyond oncological safety, consideration of 30-day complications according to
Clavien–Dindo, as well as postoperative quality of life (QoL) after nephron-sparing surgery …

Examination of moderators of expressive writing in patients with renal cell carcinoma: the role of depression and social support

K Milbury, G Lopez, A Spelman, C Wood… - Psycho …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To identify groups most likely to benefit from an Expressive Writing (EW)
intervention, we examined psychosocial variables as intervention moderators. We …

Words matter: the use of generic “you” in expressive writing in an oncology setting

S Snyder, K Milbury, R Wagner… - Journal of Health …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The use of generic “you”(GY) in writing samples fosters psychological distancing and
functions as a linguistic mechanism to facilitate emotion regulation. This method of creating …

Patient-reported quality of life following stereotactic body radiation therapy for primary kidney cancer–results from a prospective cohort study

A Swaminath, P Cheung, RM Glicksman, EK Donovan… - Clinical Oncology, 2021 - Elsevier
Aims We report on the first prospective series of patient-reported quality of life (QoL)
following stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for primary kidney cancer. Materials …