Ad A. Kaptein

1 Introduction Therapeutic medical management of patients with radiation therapy is perceived by the public at large as contributing positively to medicine and, by extension, to human health. At the same time, radiation is often seen as having a dangerous tone and connotations, and frequently elicits fear and confusion in humans, patients and wider society [1-4].

Background Poems related to cancer offer a rich perspective on the clinical reality of living with cancer. Therefore, in this paper, poems written by poets about their own cancer and about the cancer of loved ones are examined in the context of communal coping. Methods We analyzed 123 poems by 14 poets writing about their own cancer, and 72 poems by 8 poets writing about the cancer of their loved ones, with Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count software (LIWC).

From a value-based healthcare (VBHC) perspective, does an assessment of clinical outcomes and intervention costs indicate that providing cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) or mindfulness to women seeking fertility treatment have added value compared with no such intervention? Proof-of-concept business case based on a VBHC perspective that considers both clinical outcomes and costs. Potential impacts in psychological and fertility outcomes were based on existing literature.