title: [Fighting spirit--a key to survival in cancer patients?].
abstract: The conviction that mental factors have an influence on the development and course of malignant diseases is widely held. However, earlier results indicating that a fighting spirit or a never-say-die attitude has a life-prolonging effect have not so far been compellingly confirmed. Clinically speaking, a patient might even consider it a relief not to find himself involved in a seemingly never-ending fight.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Ulm. norbert.grulke@uni-ulm.de
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Grulke
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bailer
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D004644:Emotions; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000523:psychology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors