Does group psychological therapy affect survival of women with breast cancer?
It currently appears that group psychological therapy does not affect the survival of women with metastasized breast cancer. A recent, well designed study, along with two other studies, disagree with an early study that found that group therapy increased the survival of women with metastatic cancer. Studies examining group psychological therapy for patients with other types of cancer have also reported mixed results. Yet, the support of fellow survivors and the encouragement to express concerns and feelings during group psychological therapy have been shown to have positive effects on breast cancer survivors’ quality of life. Nonetheless, studies of patients with other types of cancer have reported either temporary or no psychological benefits from group psychotherapy. Are there types of alternative medicine that can affect breast cancer survival? Alternative medical practices have not been studied sufficiently to determine whether they can affect breast cancer survival. Few epidemiolo
