An exploratory study of the worst-case scenario exercise as an exposure treatment for fear of cancer recurrence

摘要

Purpose The worst-case scenario (WCS) exercise is part of a manualized cognitive-existential group intervention for fear of cancer recurrence (FCR). It requires cancer survivors to describe the scenario they most fear when they think about the possibility of their cancer returning and to re-read the scenario daily for 1 week as homework. The purpose of this study was to present this novel clinical treatment for FCR and to examine whether athome repeated exposure to theWCSwas related to pre-and post-therapy FCR levels.