Coping With the Fear of Breast Cancer Recurrence

After being diagnosed with breast cancer, nearly everyone worries that the cancer will come back. But for some people, this fear is overwhelming and interferes with their ability to function and live their lives. Clinical health psychologist Dr. Shelly Johns is studying the effect fear of breast cancer recurrence has on people’s lives and how they cope with that fear. Listen to the episode to hear Dr. Johns discuss: the number of people have a fear of recurrence that warrants treatment how this fear affects people the coping strategies her study evaluated coping mechanisms anyone can use