© 2002 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 23, 1810-1811,
December 4, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press
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Re: Systematic Review of Psychological Therapies for Cancer Patients: Overview and Recommendations for Future Research
Affiliation of authors: A. Brédart, S. Cayrou, S. Dolbeault, Institut Curie, Psycho-Oncology Unit, Paris, France.
Correspondence to: Anne Brédart, Ph.D., Institut Curie, Psycho-Oncology Unit, 26 rue dUlm, 75.246 Paris cedex 05, France (e-mail: anne. bredart@curie.net).
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In a systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that tested psychological therapies in cancer patients, Newell and co-workers (1) concluded that "the results of this review [led them] to be considerably less enthusiastic about the likely benefits of psychological therapies for cancer patients than [did] the results of other recent reviews."
We are concerned about the potential