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What do people fear about cancer? A systematic review and meta‐synthesis of cancer fears in the general population

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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,… Click to show full abstract

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.

Keywords: fear cancer; review meta; systematic review; people fear; cancer; cancer systematic

Journal Title: Psycho-Oncology
Year Published: 2017

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