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CABRERA MACIAS, Yolanda; LóPEZ GONZALEZ, Ernesto; LóPEZ CABRERA, Ernesto  and  ARREDONDO ALDAMA, Bárbara. Psychology and Oncology: in an Essential Unit. Rev. Finlay [online]. 2017, vol.7, n.2, pp.115-127. ISSN 2221-2434.

Cancer is considered a serious health problem worldwide, not only because it constitutes one of the main causes of death of who suffer from it but also due to the physical and psychological limitations it provokes. The increasing incidence of this disease in the world population, the peculiar emotional problems involved in the diagnosis and treatment to be followed with patients have allowed onco-psychology to emerge an develop as a new specialty to safeguard the psychological needs associated to this morbid process. These objectives generate new expectations in the psychological work which demands of a more holistic and comprehensive look and at the same time specific, interdisciplinary and multi-factorial. The objective of this article is to resent among other main aspects of onco-psychology, its antecedents, its relation with cancer, stress and personality and basic psychological interventions in this specialty.

Keywords : medical oncology; psychology medical; affective symptoms.

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