MEDICAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE AND INTERNAL DISEASE PICTURE IN PATIENTS WITH THYROID CANCER

Author: I.V. Grigorieva, S.A. Igumnov

Reference: Медико-биологические и социально-психологические проблемы безопасности в чрезвычайных ситуациях. (Medico-biological and socio-psychological problems of safety in emergencies ), 2009

Keywords: psychotherapy, clinical psychology,

Abstract: Study of internal disease picture has become one of the most important directions of present-day research in the field of psychotherapy and clinical psychology. The patients survived thyroid cancer surgery are referred to a risk group because of a wide spectrum of psychopathological disorders. Within this study we used Behterev institute’s personality questionnaire (LOBY) in 90 patients survived thyroid cancer surgery. The study showed considerable decrease in quality of life of the given patients in comparison with the control group. The most expressed changes were observed in physical, psycho-emotional and social domains. This study allows of timely revealing the problems of psychological and psychopathological level in the given cohort of patients and of improving the existing and developing innovative programs of psychological help.

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CHARACTERISTIC CLINICAL PATTERN OF THYROID CANCER IN ADULTS IN RADIOCONTAMINATED AREAS

Title: CHARACTERISTIC CLINICAL PATTERN OF THYROID CANCER IN ADULTS IN RADIOCONTAMINATED AREAS

Author: Korenev S.V.

Reference: Journal” ВЕСТНИК РОНЦ ИМ. Н. Н. БЛОХИНА РАМН”　vol. 15No.3 : 2004

ISSN: 1726-9806

Keywords: THYROID CANCER,   CLINICAL PATTERN,   RADIOCONTAMINATED AREAS

Abstract: Continuous rise in thyroid cancer morbidity is the most important problem of the post-Chernobyl period. We analyzed clinical features of 1185 patients who were above 18 years of age when the Chernobyl atomic station catastrophe occurred. The post-Chernobyl thyroid cancer is characterized by a higher rate of multicentric growth with specific clinical symptoms. The first sign of thyroid cancer with multicentric growth in adults is a set of symptoms including weakness, decreased abilities, fatigue, somnolence (56.5% of cases). Thyroid cancer is often associated with myoma of the womb (23.6%). The active detection strategy resulted in a dramatic rise in early thyroid cancer (pT1-2N0M0) in the region of Bryansk (86.1%) thus providing a basis for better treatment outcomes.

URL: http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=9024748