Patients benefi ts from physicians empathy and results of including of empathy development into medical training.

Background:  The extent of empathy is an individual human property, not completely dependent on cognitive intelligence. People arise with certain genetic fundament for empathy but the ability to perceive empathically develops further during the life. There has been much discussion in the medical literature about the importance of empathy and physician communication style in medical practice.

Basic information for identifying psychological disorders caused by malignant disease.

Background: Improvements in cancer dia-gnosis and treatment explain a substantial increase in the number of patients chronically affected by or recovering from cancer. This is a fragile population, physically, psychologically and socially affected by the consequences of the disease and the associated treatment. The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) reacted to this fact, creating the NCCN guidelines for survivorship.

Social factors influence the course and prognosis of malignat diseases.

Background: A statement of the dia-gnosis of malignant disease fundamentally changes the identity of a man. A healthy person changes to a patient. A lot of studies analyzed the influence of marital status on the disease development.

[Psychical reaction of patients to the negative information on cancer diagnosis].

Strong negative message of the type „You have been diagnosed with cancer“ produces blustering reaction with specific phases in any individual. Elizabeth Kűbler-Ross was the first who described this reaction to cancer findings. However, her description hit the most distinctive marks only, while less noticeable signs did not occur in the original specification.

Prevalence of psychopathology in patients suffering from breast and gastrointestinal cancer.

Prevalence of psychopathology in 107 in- and outpatients suffering from cancer was assessed by means of self-rating inventory (Symptom Check List (SCL-90)) and an interview. There were 86 women with breast cancer and 21 patients with gastrointestinal cancer (9 women and 12 men). Inventory was administered once after surgery.