title: [The significance of psychooncology for rehabilitation in urological oncology].
abstract: This article describes the necessities, possibilities and limits of psycho-oncological treatment during the rehabilitation of patients with uro-oncologic malignancies. Studies verify the efficacy of educational and behavioral-medicine orientated interventions: improved coping, reduced burden affects, increased quality of life and a better compliance with the medical treatment.
authors.affiliation: Sektion Nephrologie, Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Heidelberg. Stefan.Zettl@med.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zettl
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Menges-Beutel
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Otto
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012803:Sick Role; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D014565:Urogenital Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*