ex0431: Effect of Group Therapy on Survival of Breast Cancer Patients
Description
Researchers randomly assigned metastatic breast cancer patients to
either a control group or a group that received weekly 90 minute
sessions of group therapy and self-hypnosis, to see whether the latter
treatment improved the patients' quality of life.source
Ramsey, F.L. and Schafer, D.W. (2013). The Statistical Sleuth: A
Course in Methods of Data Analysis (3rd ed), Cengage Learning.References
Spiegel, D., Bloom, J.R., Kraemer, H.C. and Gottheil, E.
(1989). Effect of Psychosocial Treatment on Survival of Patients with
Metastatic Breast Cancer, Lancet 334(8668): 888--891.