Brief, manualised and semistructured individual psychotherapy programme for patients with advanced cancer in Japan: study protocol for Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM) phase 2 trial

• Kazuhiro Yoshiuchi,
• Gary Rodin,
• Yutaka Matsuyama,
• KEN SHIMIZU,
• Seraki Miyamoto,
• Tadahiro Yamazaki,
• Toshio Matsubara,
• Hidenori Kage,
• Kousuke Watanabe,
• Hiroshi Kobo

Affiliations

Kazuhiro Yoshiuchi

Department of Stress Sciences and Psychosomatic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Gary Rodin

Department of Supportive Care, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Yutaka Matsuyama

Department of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

KEN SHIMIZU

Department of Psycho-Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Seraki Miyamoto

Department of Stress Sciences and Psychosomatic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Tadahiro Yamazaki

Department of Stress Sciences and Psychosomatic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Toshio Matsubara

Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

Hidenori Kage

Department of Respiratory Medicine, The University Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Kousuke Watanabe

Department of Respiratory Medicine, The University Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroshi Kobo

Department of Psycho-Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan