Skip to search formSkip to main contentSkip to account menu

Cancerophobia

Known as: cancer fear, Cancerphobia, fear cancer 
An overwhelming, irrational, and persistent fear of being diagnosed with cancer.
National Institutes of Health

Related topics

Related topics

2 relations

Narrower (1)

Fear of musculoskeletal cancer
General and unspecified fear of cancer NOS

Papers overview

Semantic Scholar uses AI to extract papers important to this topic.
Review
2017
Review
2017
Current directions in research and treatment of fear of cancer recurrence
Purpose of review An expert meeting in Ottawa in 2015 galvanized efforts to answer key questions relevant to the understanding… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Attitudinal and socio-structural determinants of cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccination uptake: a quantitative multivariate analysis
AimThe introduction of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine enables for the first time in the history of cancer prevention the… 
2001
2001
News headlines feed on fear of cancer risk, experts say.
Review
1999
Review
1999
Why do postmenopausal women discontinue hormone replacement therapy?
Review
1995
Review
1995
The menopause revisited
  • Göran Samsioe
  • International journal of gynaecology and…
  • 1995
  • Corpus ID: 43723714
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Compliance Behavior in Women With Abnormal Pap Smears: Developing and Testing a Decision Model
This study investigated the reasons why women choose whether or not to seek treatment after being notified about an abnormal Pap… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Psychosocial Sequelae in Long-Term Survivors of Testicular Cancer
Eighty-eight men with a diagnosis of either seminomatous or nonseminomatous testicular cancer were recruited for intensive… 
Review
1987
Review
1987
Perceptions of cancer
Because the fear of cancer and ignorance about it have often been linked with the failure of people to engage in such preventive… 
1987
1987
Cancer knowledge and acceptance of children with cancer.
In this study, a Cancer Knowledge Questionnaire (CKQ) for elementary schoolchildren was developed and the relationship of cancer… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Teaching interviewing skills to medical students: the issue of 'countertransference'.
The study reported here revealed a very high incidence of unrecognized feelings toward the patient ("countertransference") and… 
By clicking accept or continuing to use the site, you agree to the terms outlined in our Privacy Policy (opens in a new tab), Terms of Service (opens in a new tab), and Dataset License (opens in a new tab)