Associations between fear of cancer recurrence and post-traumatic growth in patients with primary liver cancer: a latent profile analysis and mediation analysis (opens in new tab)

BackgroundPromoting post-traumatic growth in patients with liver cancer is of great significance for improving their quality of life and psychosocial adaptation. Previous studies have demonstrated that fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) is a risk factor that hinders post-traumatic growth (PTG). However, existing research often overlooks the heterogeneity of fear of cancer recurrence, and the pathway differences between distinct latent classes and post-traumatic growth remain unclear. Therefore, ...