title: Psychopathology and neoplastic disease: medico-social and medico-legal considerations.
abstract: The cognitive disability associated with stress in patients presenting cancer disease may exert a significant impact on the psychological health of the individual and even deteriorate the clinical diagnosis. The present study consists of a review of the available literature and an analysis of the association between psychopathologic disease and cancer by selecting useful contributions to the medicosocial discussion of the topic. Interesting considerations have emerged on the epidemiology and pathogenesis of the association between psychopathology and cancer that initiated possibilities towards a greater accuracy in the assessment of the patient that is not only limited to oncologic problems and outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomical sciences, histological, legal medicine and locomotor apparatus. University "Sapienza" of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Massoni
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomical sciences, histological, legal medicine and locomotor apparatus. University "Sapienza" of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomical sciences, histological, legal medicine and locomotor apparatus. University "Sapienza" of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crusco
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomical sciences, histological, legal medicine and locomotor apparatus. University "Sapienza" of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Onofri
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomical sciences, histological, legal medicine and locomotor apparatus. University "Sapienza" of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Petrone
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomical sciences, histological, legal medicine and locomotor apparatus. University "Sapienza" of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sacco
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomical sciences, histological, legal medicine and locomotor apparatus. University "Sapienza" of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ricciardi
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Archer
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomical sciences, histological, legal medicine and locomotor apparatus. University "Sapienza" of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ricci
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D011599:Psychopathology
keywords: Cancer; Cognitive disability; Depression; Handicap; Prediction