title: [Role of psychological factors in cancerogenesis and the development of cancerous disease].
abstract: Psychoanalysts working in cancerology have to face three main difficulties concerning their methodology: the selection of representative populations, the identification of prospective factors and the choice and definition of the data they need to collect. Four examples are given hereafter: a prospective study on the psychogenesis of cancer, the question of cancer-prone personalities, the incidence of psychosocial factors on survival in advanced malignant diseases, and a study focused on bereavement and cancer.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D010551:Personality; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012392:Rorschach Test; D012924:Social Conditions
vernacular_title: Rôle des facteurs psychologiques dans la cancérogenèse et l'évolution de la maladie cancéreuse.