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A study was conducted to describe our group's experience using the NCCN Distress
Thermometer in an outpatient breast cancer clinic. The NCCN Distress Thermometer was …

Psychosocial care of patients has traditionally been seen as separate from routine medical
care and has been criticized as being “soft” and lacking evidence. This traditional …

Up to half of all adults with cancer experience clinically significant psychological distress
and much of this distress goes unrecognized and untreated. As part of an effort to improve …

The evaluation and treatment model expressed in the NCCN Distress Management
Guidelines recommends that each new patient be rapidly assessed in the office or clinic …

In this article, I have presented an overview of the conceptual and methodological issues
that need to be taken into account when selecting an instrument to measure symptom …

A 2005 survey of NCCN Member Institutions was among the first studies to evaluate the
extent to which key elements of the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for …

Distress in patients with cancer impacts their quality of life. The National Comprehensive
Cancer Network (NCCN) created a distress thermometer and a problem checklist to aid in …

Despite the growing recognition of the impact psychosocial distress has on the quality of life
of patients with cancer, the implementation of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network …

Distress is defined in the NCCN Guidelines for Distress Management as a multifactorial,
unpleasant experience of a psychologic (ie, cognitive, behavioral, emotional), social …