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Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PDQ®)     
Last Modified: 01/29/2010
Health Professional Version
Changes to This Summary (01/29/2010)

The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Overview 1

Added text 2 on a study of patients with breast cancer who were evaluated for post-traumatic stress disorder immediately postsurgery and 6 months after the first assessment.

Treatment 3

Added a table 4 on pharmacological treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder in noncancer patients (cited Berger et al. as reference 10 and Asnis et al. as reference 11).


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1http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/post-traumatic-stress/Hea
lthProfessional/1.cdr#Section_1
2http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/post-traumatic-stress/Hea
lthProfessional/137.cdr#Section_137
3http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/post-traumatic-stress/Hea
lthProfessional/42.cdr#Section_42
4http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/supportivecare/post-traumatic-stress/Hea
lthProfessional/138.cdr#Section_138