Editor(s): Jimmie C. Holland and Maggie Watson
Publisher: Wiley
2019 Journal Impact Factor: 3 (Journal Citation Report, Web of Science Group)
ISSN: 1057-9249
Psycho-Oncology is concerned with the psychological, social, behavioral, and ethical aspects of cancer
This subspeciality addresses the two major psychological dimensions of cancer: the psychological responses of patients to cancer at all stages of the disease, and that of their families and caretakers; and the psychological, behavioral and social factors that may influence the disease process.
Psycho-oncology is an area of multi-disciplinary interest and has boundaries with the major specialities in oncology: the clinical disciplines (surgery, medicine, pediatrics, radiotherapy), epidemiology, immunology, endocrinology, biology, pathology, bioethics, palliative care, rehabilitation medicine, clinical trials research and decision making, as well as psychiatry and psychology.
2019 Journal Impact Factor: 3 (Journal Citation Report, Web of Science Group)