Background: The psychological distress caused by cancer can remain long after remission. With advanced curative treatments, many pediatric patients continue to have late complications that interfere with neurologic, physical, and social development. Objectives: The aim of this article is to analyze...

Purpose/Objectives: To explore the relationships between optimism, self-efficacy, symptom distress, treatment complexity, illness appraisal, coping, and mood disturbance in patients with advanced-stage cancer. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven in...