Findings that low SE is associated with high FoP can help to improve the treatment of dysfunctional fears in breast cancer patients. As FoP changes only slightly over time, treatment to enhance SE and reduce FoP should be initiated soon after disease disclosure.

The tested CM model did not improve the quality of life or psychological well-being of the patients beyond treatment as usual. Possible reasons include that the treatment was already of high standards in the control group or that there are possibly different impacts than found in the literature regarding different forms of organization in CM. The need for and the tailoring of this CM model as well as the transfer of CM to other oncological indications remain to be clarified. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

The implementation of an interdisciplinary process of support for patients with mamma carcinoma necessitates a good cooperation between networking partners, case managers and patients. Within the framework of a follow-up survey with the objective of a deeper process evaluation, non-medical networking partners should be divided into further professional specific subcategories. In this manner interventions that are fitted to specific occupational groups can be derived.

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Key words • " case management • " breast cancer • " networking partners Erstpublikation DOI http://dx.