caa a22 4500 445316047 CHVBK 20180317142647.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10552-010-9693-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10552-010-9693-4 The prognostic role of cancer-specific beliefs among prostate cancer survivors [Elektronische Daten] [Hosanna Soler-Vilá, Robert Dubrow, Vivian Franco, Stanislav Kasl, Beth Jones] Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate the association between cancer-specific beliefs and survival among men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer. Methods: Based on data from a biracial cohort monitored for mortality for up to 15years, we investigated the association between beliefs and survival among 251 men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer between 1987 and 1990. We examined patients' beliefs related to efficacy of regular checkups for detection, potential negative treatment effects, and perceived curability of cancer. Cox proportional hazards models were adjusted for sociodemographic variables, medical care measures, clinical factors, and lifestyle. Results: In a fully adjusted model, not believing that most cancers can be cured was associated with an increased risk of death from any cause (Hazard Ratio=1.62; 95% confidence interval=1.11, 2.38). Beliefs regarding the efficacy of checkups or potential negative treatment effects were not associated with survival. Conclusions: Prostate cancer patients who reported not believing that most cancers are curable experienced poorer survival after adjusting for a wide array of prognostic factors and potential confounders. Future research to identify underlying behavioral (medical protocol adherence, lifestyle) and physiological (immune and endocrine regulation) mechanisms of this association would translate into improved intervention strategies for cancer survivors. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2010 Beliefs nationallicence Prostate cancer nationallicence Oncology nationallicence Psychosocial prognostic factors nationallicence Survival nationallicence Soler-Vilá Hosanna Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Leonard Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Clinical Research Building, 1120N.W. 14 Street, Suite 1512, 33136, Miami, FL, USA aut Dubrow Robert Yale School of Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA aut Franco Vivian Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Leonard Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 33136, Miami, FL, USA aut Kasl Stanislav Yale School of Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA aut Jones Beth Yale School of Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA aut Cancer Causes & Control Springer Netherlands 22/2(2011-02-01), 251-260 0957-5243 22:2<251 2011 22 10552 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-010-9693-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-010-9693-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Soler-Vilá Hosanna Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Leonard Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Clinical Research Building, 1120N.W. 14 Street, Suite 1512, 33136, Miami, FL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dubrow Robert Yale School of Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Franco Vivian Department of Epidemiology and Public Health and Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Leonard Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 33136, Miami, FL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kasl Stanislav Yale School of Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jones Beth Yale School of Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Cancer Causes & Control Springer Netherlands 22/2(2011-02-01), 251-260 0957-5243 22:2<251 2011 22 10552 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer