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Overview

Allison J. Applebaum is affiliated with the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of medicine with a focus on public health, environmental and occupational health, sociology and political science, oncology, general health professions, and clinical psychology.

The scientist's work addresses key areas related to palliative care and end-of-life issues, family support in illness, cancer survivorship and care, childhood cancer survivors' quality of life, patient-provider communication in healthcare, family and patient care in intensive care units, and family caregiving in mental illness.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Allison J. Applebaum include:

  • Documentation of Caregivers as a Standard of Care (2021), Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Cancer Caregivers: A pilot trial among caregivers of patients with glioblastoma multiforme (2022), Translational Behavioral Medicine

They have also contributed to research alongside frequent co-authors such as William Breitbart, Barry Rosenfeld, Rebecca Gebert, Amanda Kastrinos, and L Polácek.

Allison J. Applebaum's publications are often found in prominent academic venues including:

  • Psycho-Oncology
  • Palliative & Supportive Care
  • Translational Behavioral Medicine
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Transplantation and Cellular Therapy

The combination of topics, venues, and co-author relationships indicate a multidisciplinary approach that integrates psychological, medical, and social dimensions of caregiving and cancer treatment.

Best Publications

  • Meaning-Centered Group Psychotherapy: An Effective Intervention for Improving Psychological Well-Being in Patients With Advanced Cancer

    William Breitbart;Barry Rosenfeld;Hayley Pessin;Allison Applebaum

  • Individual meaning-centered psychotherapy for the treatment of psychological and existential distress: A randomized controlled trial in patients with advanced cancer.

    William Breitbart;Hayley Pessin;Barry Rosenfeld;Allison J. Applebaum

  • Care for the cancer caregiver: A systematic review

    Allison J. Applebaum;William Breitbart

  • Optimism, social support, and mental health outcomes in patients with advanced cancer

    Allison J. Applebaum;Emma M. Stein;Jennifer Lord-Bessen;Jennifer Lord-Bessen;Hayley Pessin

  • Understanding and Addressing the Role of Coping in Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Cancer.

    Joseph A Greer;Allison J Applebaum;Juliet C Jacobsen;Jennifer S Temel

  • Conceptualizing prognostic awareness in advanced cancer: A systematic review:

    Allison J Applebaum;Elissa A Kolva;Julia R Kulikowski;Jordana D Jacobs

  • A scoping review of caregiver burden during allogeneic HSCT: lessons learned and future directions.

    A J Applebaum;M Bevans;T Son;K Evans

  • Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Cancer Caregivers (MCP-C): Rationale and Overview.

    Allison J. Applebaum;Julia R. Kulikowski;William Breitbart

  • The impact of coping strategies of cancer caregivers on psychophysiological outcomes: an integrative review.

    Ricardo João Teixeira;Allison J Applebaum;Sangeeta Bhatia;Tânia Brandão

  • Existential distress among caregivers of patients with brain tumors: a review of the literature.

    Allison J. Applebaum;Maria Kryza-Lacombe;Justin Buthorn;Antonio DeRosa

  • Factors associated with attrition from a randomized controlled trial of meaning-centered group psychotherapy for patients with advanced cancer.

    Allison J. Applebaum;Wendy G. Lichtenthal;Hayley A. Pessin;Julia N. Radomski

  • Preliminary study of themes of meaning and psychosocial service use among informal cancer caregivers.

    Allison J. Applebaum;Carol J. Farran;Allison M. Marziliano;Anna R. Pasternak

  • Cognitive behavioral therapies for informal caregivers of patients with cancer and cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Mia S. O'Toole;Robert Zachariae;Megan E. Renna;Douglas S. Mennin

  • Rates and risks for late referral to hospice in patients with primary malignant brain tumors.

    Eli L. Diamond;David Russell;Maria Kryza-Lacombe;Kathryn H. Bowles

  • Exploring the cancer caregiver's journey through web-based Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy.

    A.J. Applebaum;K.L. Buda;E. Schofield;M. Farberov

  • Gender and Other Psychosocial Factors as Predictors of Adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) in Adults with Comorbid HIV/AIDS, Psychiatric and Substance-related Disorder

    Allison J. Applebaum;Mark A. Richardson;Stephen M. Brady;Deborah J. Brief;Deborah J. Brief

  • Adapting Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for the palliative care setting: Results of a pilot study:

    Barry Rosenfeld;Rebecca Saracino;Kristen Tobias;Melissa Masterson

  • Prognostic awareness, prognostic communication, and cognitive function in patients with malignant glioma.

    Eli L Diamond;Holly G Prigerson;Denise C Correa;Anne Reiner

  • Participation and interest in support services among family caregivers of older adults with cancer

    J. Nicholas Dionne-Odom;Allison J. Applebaum;Katherine A. Ornstein;Andres Azuero

  • The Impact of Neuropsychological Functioning on Adherence to HAART in HIV-Infected Substance Abuse Patients

    Allison J. Applebaum;Laura C. Reilly;Jeffrey S. Gonzalez;Jeffrey S. Gonzalez;Mark A. Richardson

  • Reducing informal caregiver burden in cancer: evidence-based programs in practice.

    Margaret L Longacre;Allison J Applebaum;Joanne S Buzaglo;Melissa F Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

William Breitbart
William Breitbart Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Barry Rosenfeld
Barry Rosenfeld Fordham University
Lisa M. DeAngelis
Lisa M. DeAngelis Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Robert Zachariae
Robert Zachariae Aarhus University Hospital
Douglas S. Mennin
Douglas S. Mennin Columbia University
Holly G. Prigerson
Holly G. Prigerson Cornell University
Steven A. Safren
Steven A. Safren University of Miami
Katherine N. DuHamel
Katherine N. DuHamel Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Katherine S. Panageas
Katherine S. Panageas Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
David M. Fresco
David M. Fresco University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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