title: [Hypothesis of the correlation of personality characteristics and the clinical history of bronchogenic cancer].
abstract: A correlation between the personality profile and the clinical history in lung cancer patients was studied. Selection of cases included in the sample only surgical patients with a medium educational level and a tested capability to understand a specific questionnaire. One hundred and seventy patients were selected and the so-called C.R.I.C.S. (Clinical-Rated Inventory of Character Style) was applied. Score variations were recorded after curative resection as well as during relapse. Changes in the character profile pattern were found in all subjects who experienced the disease and its surgical treatment. These changes occurred either in "regression"-with an increase of schizoid, narcissistic or hysterical aspects-or in a "positive evolution", with a decrease of paranoid traits and into a depressive position. The two groups of responses demonstrated a similar percentage.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica Generale, Università degli Studi di Chieti.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Beltrami
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buonsanto
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Di Nuzzo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lattanzio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D003193:Compulsive Personality Disorder; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D010552:Personality Assessment; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors
vernacular_title: Ipotesi di correlazione tra caratteristiche di personalità e storia clinica del cancro broncogeno.