Abstract Purpose The Distress Thermometer (the DT) is a commonly used screening tool to
detect distress in cancer patients. This meta-analysis aims to examine the diagnostic role …

Background: Cancer-related psychological distress, as a concept, has limited research
literature substantiation. Several studies report that patients with cancer suffer from …

Abstract Background The Distress Thermometer (DT) is widely recommended for screening
for distress after cancer. However, the validity of the DT in men with prostate cancer and over …

Purpose: Recent studies have demonstrated increasing rates of financial toxicities and
emotional distress related to cancer treatment. This study assessed and characterized the …

Abstract The Brief Symptom Inventory-18 (BSI-18) is widely used to assess psychological
symptoms in cancer survivors, but the validity of conventional BSI-18 cut-off scores in this …

The NCCN Guidelines for Survivorship provide screening, evaluation, and treatment
recommendations for common consequences of cancer and cancer treatment. They are …

Objective We examined differences in distress levels and Distress Thermometer (DT) cutoff
scores between different cancer types. The effect of socio‐demographic and illness‐related …

BACKGROUND Given the adverse consequences of psychiatric and psychosocial morbidity
on the quality of life for patients with cancer, prompt detection of psychological symptoms is …

BACKGROUND The validity of the Distress Thermometer (DT) as a screen for psychological
distress in young adult cancer survivors was assessed by comparing it with the results of a …

Abstract Purpose Use of the Distress Thermometer (DT) as a screening tool is increasing
across the cancer trajectory. This study examined the accuracy and optimal cut-off score of …