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Overview

William Breitbart is affiliated with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions spanning subfields such as public health, environmental and occupational health, oncology, clinical psychology, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, as well as pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Their main areas of study center around palliative care and end-of-life issues, cancer survivorship and care, childhood cancer survivors' quality of life, family support in illness, cancer-related cognitive impairment studies, intensive care unit cognitive disorders, and grief, bereavement, and mental health.

Publications by William Breitbart include prominent papers such as:

  • "Mental health care in oncology. Contemporary perspective on the psychosocial burden of cancer and evidence-based interventions" (2020), published in Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
  • "NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Distress Management, Version 2.2023" (2023), published in Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
  • "Cancer-related inflammation and depressive symptoms: Systematic review and meta-analysis" (2022), published in Cancer
  • "Neuroleptic strategies for terminal agitation in patients with cancer and delirium at an acute palliative care unit: a single-centre, double-blind, parallel-group, randomised trial" (2020), published in The Lancet Oncology
  • "Regret and unfinished business in parents bereaved by cancer: A mixed methods study" (2020), published in Palliative Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with William Breitbart include:

  • Allison J. Applebaum (16 published works together)
  • Yesne Alici (14 published works together)
  • Hayley Pessin (13 published works together)
  • Wendy G. Lichtenthal (12 published works together)
  • Barry Rosenfeld (11 published works together)

William Breitbart's work has been published in several key academic venues, notably:

  • Palliative & Supportive Care (29 publications)
  • Psycho-Oncology (5 publications)
  • Translational Behavioral Medicine (4 publications)
  • Journal of Palliative Medicine (3 publications)
  • Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Impact of Cancer-Related Fatigue on the Lives of Patients: New Findings From the Fatigue Coalition

    Gregory A. Curt;William Breitbart;David Cella;Jerome E. Groopman

  • Depression, hopelessness, and desire for hastened death in terminally ill patients with cancer.

    William Breitbart;Barry Rosenfeld;Hayley Pessin;Monique Kaim

  • Distributed disturbances in brain structure and function in schizophrenia.

    Lewis Da

  • Effect of spiritual well-being on end-of-life despair in terminally-ill cancer patients

    Colleen S McClain;Barry Rosenfeld;William Breitbart

  • Patient, caregiver, and oncologist perceptions of cancer-related fatigue: results of a tripart assessment survey. The Fatigue Coalition.

    Vogelzang Nj;Breitbart W;Cella D;Curt Ga

  • The memorial delirium assessment scale

    William Breitbart;Barry Rosenfeld;Andrew Roth;Mark J. Smith

  • Cancer-Related Fatigue, Version 2.2015

    Ann Malone Berger;Kathi Mooney;Amy Alvarez-Perez;William S. Breitbart

  • Meaning-centered group psychotherapy for patients with advanced cancer: a pilot randomized controlled trial

    William Breitbart;Barry Rosenfeld;Christopher Gibson;Hayley Pessin

  • Effect of dignity therapy on distress and end-of-life experience in terminally ill patients: a randomised controlled trial

    Harvey Max Chochinov;Linda J Kristjanson;Linda J Kristjanson;Linda J Kristjanson;William Breitbart;Susan McClement

  • Cancer-Related Fatigue: Prevalence of Proposed Diagnostic Criteria in a United States Sample of Cancer Survivors

    David Cella;Kimberly Davis;William Breitbart;Gregory Curt

  • A Double-Blind Trial of Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine, and Lorazepam in the Treatment of Delirium in Hospitalized AIDS Patients

    William Breitbart;Rocco Marotta;Meredith M. Platt;Henry Weisman

  • Screening, Assessment, and Management of Fatigue in Adult Survivors of Cancer: An American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Adaptation

    Julienne E. Bower;Kate Bak;Ann Berger;William Breitbart

  • A double-blind trial of haloperidol, chlorpromazine, and lorazepam in the treatment of delirium in hospitalized AIDS patients.

    W Breitbart;R Marotta;M M Platt;H Weisman

  • The Delirium experience: Delirium recall and delirium-related distress in hospitalized patients with cancer, their spouses/caregivers, and their nurses

    William Breitbart;Christopher Gibson;Annie Tremblay

  • Distress management, version 3.2019

    Michelle B. Riba;Kristine A. Donovan;Barbara Andersen;IIana Braun

  • Spirituality, religion, and depression in the terminally ill.

    Christian J. Nelson;Christian J. Nelson;Christian J. Nelson;Barry Rosenfeld;Barry Rosenfeld;Barry Rosenfeld;William Breitbart;William Breitbart;William Breitbart;Michele Galietta;Michele Galietta;Michele Galietta

  • 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

  • Spirituality and meaning in supportive care: spirituality- and meaning-centered group psychotherapy interventions in advanced cancer.

    William Breitbart

  • Progress toward guidelines for the management of fatigue.

    Cella D;Peterman A;Passik S;Jacobsen P

  • Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Individual Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Patients With Advanced Cancer

    William Breitbart;Shannon Poppito;Barry Rosenfeld;Andrew J. Vickers

  • Cancer-Related F atigue: P revalence o f P roposed D iagnostic Criteria i n a U nited S tates S ample o f C ancer S urvivors

    David Cella;Kimberly Davis;William Breitbart;Gregory Curt

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry Rosenfeld
Barry Rosenfeld Fordham University
Christian J. Nelson
Christian J. Nelson Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Allison J. Applebaum
Allison J. Applebaum Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Paul B. Jacobsen
Paul B. Jacobsen National Institutes of Health
Holly G. Prigerson
Holly G. Prigerson Cornell University
Yuelin Li
Yuelin Li Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Jimmie C. Holland
Jimmie C. Holland Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Pim Cuijpers
Pim Cuijpers Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
David Cella
David Cella Northwestern University
Jeff Dunn
Jeff Dunn University of Southern Queensland

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