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Research has also consistently demonstrated both the positive and negative impact of cancer on patients ‘close interpersonal relationships. Of particular focus has been the impact of cancer on the partners of patients. This extension from individual to interpersonal worldviews of the impact of cancer has served to further validate the long known and experienced reality that surviving cancer rarely occurs in a vacuum. This area of study has increasingly focused on understanding the relationship among patients’ and partners psychological distress, coping skills and coping strategies, and patterns of communication. In this chapter we provide an overview of the relationship sequalae associated with cancer and cancer survivorship. Although where possible we have attempted to focus on outcomes from the post-treatment survivorship phase, limitations on longer-term data related to interpersonal relationships required us to also consider relations during active treatment of cancer as well. Throughout this chapter, we discuss the impact of cancer on patients’ and partners’ (person who is in an intimate relationship with a cancer survivor and might be otherwise considered a life partner, spouse, husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend) on psychological wellbeing, quality of life, sexuality and relationship satisfaction. The role of dyadic models of stress and coping in the context of cancer and how these models identify and explain the mechanisms that underlie interpersonal relationships are also considered. The impact of psychosocial interventions designed to improve individual and relational outcomes for patients and partners; and the clinical implications for health care professionals working with patients and partners are discussed.

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