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Background
Cancer has long inspired fear, but the effect of fear is not well understood; it seems both to facilitate and to deter early diagnosis behaviours. To elucidate fear's behavioural effects, we systematically reviewed and synthesised qualitative literature to explore what people fear about cancer.
Methods
We searched Medline, Embase, PsycInfo, Web of Science, AnthroSource, and Anthrobase...
Objective
To estimate the amount of fear of new or recurrent melanoma among people treated for localised melanoma in an Australian specialist centre.
Methods
We randomly selected 400 potential participants from all those treated for localised melanoma at the Melanoma Institute Australia during 2014 (n = 902). They were asked to complete an adapted version of the Fear of Cancer Recurrence Inventory...
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