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Old 06-20-2010, 12:34 PM   #1
Rich66
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Activism among exceptional patients with cancer.

Support Care Cancer. 2010 May 29. [Epub ahead of print]
Activism among exceptional patients with cancer.

Frenkel M, Ari SL, Engebretson J, Peterson N, Maimon Y, Cohen L, Kacen L.
Integrative Medicine Program, Unit 145, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, USA, frenkelm@netvision.net.il.



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BACKGROUND: The "exceptional patients" with cancer are survivors who had advanced cancer considered incurable by medical report and who subsequently became disease-free or experienced unexplained survival time given the nature of their disease or treatment. This experience is a puzzling phenomenon that has not been formally investigated in a cancer population. The purpose of this study was to understand exceptional patients' accounts of their experience. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study used a narrative approach with a cross-case thematic analysis. Recruitment took place at health care centers in the USA and Israel. Oncologists in both centers were asked to identify patients who had an exceptional disease course. Patients were then contacted and interviewed; an audio recording was made of each narrative account and then transcribed. Interviews and thematic analyses were conducted independently at each site. These thematic findings from each site were discussed with both research teams and a common underlying theme was identified, which is the focus of this report. RESULTS: Twenty-six participants were interviewed: 14 from the USA and 12 from Israel. All the participants have had advanced disease with a range of diagnoses that included breast, colorectal, pancreatic, ovarian cancer, glioblastoma multiforme, and others. The main recurrent theme from both the US and Israeli sites was personal activism. This was manifested in taking charge and getting involved in the process of diagnosis and treatment, as well as becoming more altruistic in their relationships with others. In many cases, this was reflected in a change in a philosophy about life CONCLUSIONS: In this study, we found that activism was a major theme that was independently observed in both Israel and the USA. This has implications for health care providers to facilitate patient engagement in the care and treatment of their disease. Further research on this phenomenon is needed.

PMID: 20512358 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Old 06-20-2010, 05:11 PM   #2
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Re: Activism among exceptional patients with cancer.

Thanks, Rich.
This is great! I hope they publish a book. I want to read it!

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Old 07-01-2010, 01:19 PM   #3
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Activism among exceptional patients with cancer

Hey Barry,This is great. Thanks for taking the time to post this. Now, how about some color chart action?CheersMichael
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