title: The missing piece: cancer prevention within psycho-oncology - a commentary.
abstract: In this commentary, we review the place of prevention within the field of Psycho-Oncology. The thrust of Psycho-Oncology's clinical and research efforts have historically focused on behavioral and social factors implicated in the cancer patients' experience from detection and diagnosis, to treatment, survivorship and end of life along the cancer trajectory. This conceptualization has raised the standards for research, leading to a better understanding of the patient experience and the delivery of highly effective interventions to improve quality of life. Emerging data on the role of potential prevention behaviors (e.g., diet and exercise, smoking cessation, screening, etc.) suggests that Psycho-Oncology has a significant role to play in understanding and intervening on a population level to reduce cancer incidence. We present and describe an expanded model of research in Psycho-Oncology which incorporates psychosocial variables in prevention research to complement Holland et al.'s (1998, 2010) original model. The implications of this model are discussed in relation to research, clinical work and training within the discipline of Psycho-Oncology. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.|Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.|Louise Granofsky Psychosocial Oncology Program, Segal Cancer Center, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.|Departments of Psychiatry and Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Zeev
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rosberger
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.|Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.|Louise Granofsky Psychosocial Oncology Program, Segal Cancer Center, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Samara
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authors.lastname: Perez
authors.affiliation: Kaiser-Permanente Professor of Health Policy and Management and Associate Dean of Students, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
authors.forename: Joan
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authors.lastname: Bloom
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.|Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.|Louise Granofsky Psychosocial Oncology Program, Segal Cancer Center, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada.
authors.forename: Gilla K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Shapiro
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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authors.lastname: Fielding