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Ben Smith @bensmithphd.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

🧠New📰in @apajournals.bsky.social #HealthPsychology 🕸️We used network analysis to explore how different components of fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) are interconnected 🎯Findings suggest key intervention targets 📖 Read more: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-... #FCR #PsyOnc #SurvOnc @daffodilcentre.org

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Ben Smith @bensmithphd.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Great to be at the #PoCoG World Psycho-Oncology Day event celebrating 20 years of world-leading #psyonc research done by PoCoG, including lots of great fear of cancer recurrence research, which I’ve been fortunate to be part of Lots more work (particularly implementation) to do in the next 20 years

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Ben Smith @bensmithphd.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

🧵6/7 Thanks to all the contributors to the fear of #cancer recurrence clinical pathway To learn more watch this 2 min🎞️ youtu.be/cr_3KEOTAv8?... Read the 📰 for further details link.springer.com/article/10.1... The next step is #implementation. Please get in touch if you're interested #PsyOnc #SurvOnc

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Ben Smith @bensmithphd.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

🧵5/7 2⃣ Assessment: Discussion with their healthcare team can determine fear of cancer recurrence severity & guide the best course of action 3⃣ Stepped care: A staged approach to providing tailored support that ensures every person gets the help that’s right for them link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Ben Smith @bensmithphd.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

🧵3/7 That’s why we’ve worked with almost 100 health professionals & researchers to create a step-by-step plan (ie, clinical pathway) for health professionals to identify & support those experiencing fear of cancer recurrence in routine cancer care #SurvOnc #PsyOnc link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Ben Smith @bensmithphd.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

🧵2/7 Research has demonstrated effective ways to support people with fear of #cancer recurrence, but it's not commonly addressed in practice. People affected by cancer report dealing with these fears as their most common unmet need #PsyOnc #SurvOnc cancercareontario.ca/en/guideline...

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Ben Smith @bensmithphd.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

🧵1/7 'What if the #cancer comes back?' is a thought that troubles most people affected by cancer (see onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...) For some, these worries (ie, fear of cancer recurrence), stop them from thriving & planning for the future #PsyOnc #SurvOnc

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Ben Smith @bensmithphd.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Nothing wrong with dog photos 😂

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Ben Smith @bensmithphd.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

These were not the results we'd hoped for, but we share valuable lessons for others developing FCR/P interventions, especially for people with advanced cancer living with great uncertainty. Please read the 📰 to learn more & share with your colleagues 3/4 bmccancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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Ben Smith @bensmithphd.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Despite showing promise in breast cancer survivors (link.springer.com/article/10.1...) iConquerFear doesn't seem suitable for women affected by ovarian cancer. We found limited engagement, varied acceptability, safety concerns & minimal group differences in FCR/P after iConquerFear use 2/4

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Ben Smith @bensmithphd.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

We partnered with Ovarian Cancer Australia on a pilot #RCT of a self-guided online fear of recurrence/progression intervention #iConquerFear to fill the need for accessible interventions for people affected by ovarian cancer bmccancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... See 🧵👇for what we found 1/4

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