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Spirituality in Cancer Care (PDQ®)     
Last Modified: 07/02/2009
Health Professional Version
Changes to This Summary (07/02/2009)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Overview 1

Added text 2 on a study assessing the spiritual needs of advanced cancer patients (cited Balboni et al. as reference 10).

Relation of Religion and Spirituality to Adjustment, Quality of Life, and Health Indices 3

Added text 4 on ethnicity and spirituality in breast cancer survivors (cited Levine et al. as reference 21).

Screening and Assessment of Spiritual Concerns 5

Added text 6 on the Spiritual Transformation Scale (cited Cole et al. as reference 16).


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1http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/spirituality/HealthProfes
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2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/spirituality/HealthProfes
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3http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/spirituality/HealthProfes
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4http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/spirituality/HealthProfes
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5http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/spirituality/HealthProfes
sional/22.cdr#Section_22
6http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/spirituality/HealthProfes
sional/31.cdr#Section_31