Cancer Network (12/26, Slater) reports a study “indicated that about a third of patients newly diagnosed with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have moderate to severe symptoms of depression.” The studypublished in Lung Cancer showed among 186 patients, “8.1% with newly diagnosed NSCLC scored at the severe depressive symptom level. Of those patients, 100% reported depressed mood and 80% reported anhedonia more days than not.” Meanwhile, “more than 70% of patients with newly diagnosed NSCLC and severe depressive symptoms also had moderate to severe/severe generalized anxiety disorder (GAD),” while only 11.5 percent of patients with moderate depression had GAD.
Related Links:
— “Moderate to Severe Depression Affects One-Third of Patients with NSCLC, “Hannah Slater, Cancer Network, December 26, 2019