Purpose
cancer, breast cancer
CANCER, BREAST CANCER
With approximately 2.3 million new cases in 2020, breast cancer is the leading cause (11.7% of all cancer cases) of global cancer morbidity worldwide [One in three cancer patients desires professional psycho-oncological support [Due to the high diversity of potential psycho-oncological treatments and the lack of comparative studies, the selection of a specific treatment over other treatments is predominantly determined by the preferences of treatment providers in German inpatient rehabilitation. Pragmatic studies could help to incrementally improve real-world rehabilitation practice by analyzing differences between psychological interventions and an active treatment and to identify and to identify effective additional measures for those particularly affected. Therefore, our study aimed to compare a structured short-term psychotherapy and a non-specific group discussion provided in addition to the common psychological treatments recommended by German breast cancer rehabilitation therapy standards.