RT Book, Section A1 Duffy, James D. A1 Valentine, Alan D. SR Print(0) ID 1125740234 T1 Preface T2 MD Anderson Manual of Psychosocial Oncology YR 2016 FD 2016 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071624381 LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1125740234 RD 2024/10/06 AB During the last two decades, very significant advances have been made in our understanding and treatment of the psychosocial consequences of cancer. The standard of care in clinical oncology now includes recognition of the psychosocial consequences of cancer, treatment of psychiatric syndromes associated with the disease, and relief of biopsychosocial-spiritual distress and suffering common to the cancer experience for patients and caregivers. Because the scope of the problem is great and the number of dedicated psycho-oncologists is few, comprehensive cancer care is not delivered by specialists alone. Primary oncologists of all disciplines and the growing interdisciplinary subspecialty of psycho-oncology has done much to help establish this standard of care and to develop a research and clinical framework to support it.