Psycho-oncology

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What is psycho-oncology?

Psycho-oncology is a specialty related to psychotherapeutic care for patients with cancer. Today, such services are necessarily provided in all foreign specialized clinics. The largest international oncology center MD Anderson states: "The psycho-oncologist is a key figure at all stages of the disease of an adult cancer patient." In Germany, in order to obtain a license as an oncology clinic, a psycho-oncology service must be available.

How does psycho-oncology differ from onco-psychology?

These terms are usually perceived as synonyms, however, in our opinion, they have different meanings.

Oncopsychology focuses mainly on the correction of personality and psychopathological disorders that have arisen as a result of the disease. Psychologists usually work with this. Psycho-oncology should be considered as a branch of medicine aimed at psychotherapy of the causes of the disease. Its task is to actively involve the patient in the process of eliminating the tumor and activating the body's natural healing resources.

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