title: [The dynamics of psychologic distress in patients with maxillofacial and laryngeal malignancies].
abstract: The study of psychological dynamics involved in malignancies of the maxillofacial area and larynx included 38 male patients (tumors in maxillofacial area--26; neoplasia of larynx--12). Patients were given different regimens of radiation and radiotherapy; 11 were operated on. Psycho-disorders induced by tumor disease and admission to cancer ward were reported in 35 (92%). With time, such disorders were progressively overshadowed by somato-psychic changes, with asthenic syndrome prevailing, and subsequently psychopath-like features developed. Psycho-organic syndrome was registered in 16 patients as they were approaching terminal stage.
authors.affiliation: State Medical Academy, Semipalatinsk.
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Burnashov
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Musinov
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Vladimirov
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Cherepkova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*