Developing Workshops to Enhance Hope Among Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer and Oncologists: A Pilot Study.

Mirat ShahAnna FergusonPhyllis Dvora CornRavi VaradhanDan ArielyVered Stearns B Douglas Smith Thomas J SmithBenjamin W Corn

Published in: JCO oncology practice (2021)

We found that conducting a hope-enhancement workshop for patients with metastatic breast cancer and oncologists was feasible, generally acceptable to both populations, and associated with increased hopefulness in patients. Next steps should focus on confirming this effect in a randomized study and maintaining this effect in the postworkshop interval.

Keyphrases

metastatic breast cancer
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed