[Psycho-oncology: human side of cancer medicine].

Psycho-oncology has been struggling to explore human side of cancer, which is a multidisciplinary area of oncology, epidemiology, immunology, endocrinology, sociology and bioethics, as well as psychiatry and psychology. This subspecialty addresses the two major goals; improving all aspects of quality of life, and cancer morbidity and mortality. Psycho-oncology in the 21 century addresses the needs at all stage of cancer, including prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, recurrence, ending active cancer treatment and palliative care. This paper focused and described current topics of psycho-oncology.