Table 2.

Remote psychological interventions.

Therapy and authors		Cancer	Study design	Intervention	Results
Traditional CBTa
	Lichtenthal et al [51]	BCb	RCTc pilot	AIM‐FBCRd: 8 personalized treatment sessions of 30 minutes each administered twice a week for 4 weeks A control condition program	The results of the current pilot study suggest the promise of AIM‐FBCR in reducing FCRe in survivors of BC
	van Helmondt et al [44,52]	Survivors of BC	Study protocol; RCT	The Cancer Recurrence Self‐help Training trial: less fear after cancer—a tailored web-based self-help training (2 basic modules and 4 optional modules) UCf	There was no effect of the CBT‐based web-based self‐help training Less fear after cancer on FCR in the study
Contemporary CBT
	Compen et al [27]	Different type of cancer	RCT	Individual internet-based MBCTg: access to a secure website containing material for 8 weeks plus a silent day and an inbox+weekly asynchronous written interaction with a therapist over email MBCT: 8 weekly 2.5-hour group sessions, a 6-hour silent day, and daily home practice assignments guided by audio files UC	Compared with UC, both interventions reduced FCR
	Lengacher et al [53]	BC	Feasibility	mMBSR (BC)h: sitting and walking meditation, body scan, and yoga and is designed to deliver weekly 2‐hour sessions for 6 weeks using an iPad	There was a significant improvement from baseline to 6 weeks after mMBSR (BC) in FCR
	Mendes-Santos et al [57]	Survivors of BC	Study protocol	iNNOVBCi: a 10-week guided internet-delivered individually tailored ACTj influenced CBT intervention UC	Not yet available
	Heiniger et al [49]	TCk	Pilot study	e-TC: 6 interactive modules for 10 weeks	e-TC appeared to be a feasible and acceptable web-based intervention for survivors of TC
	Smith et al [58]	Different type of cancer	Study protocol	iConquerFear: 5 therapeutic modules completed in 1 to 2 hours over 1 to 2 weeks	Not yet available

^aCBT: cognitive behavioral therapy.

^bBC: breast cancer.

^cRCT: randomized controlled trial.

^dAIM‐FBCR: Attention and Interpretation Modification for Fear of Breast Cancer Recurrence.

^eFCR: fear of cancer recurrence.

^fUC: usual care.

^gMBCT: mindfulness-based cognitive therapy.

^hmMBSR (BC): mobile mindfulness‐based stress reduction for breast cancer.

ⁱiNNOVBC: a guided internet-delivered individually tailored acceptance and commitment therapy–influenced cognitive behavioral intervention to improve psychosocial outcomes in breast cancer survivors.

^jACT: acceptance and commitment therapy.

^kTC: testicular cancer.