Background Major depression is an important complication of cancer. However, reliable
data are lacking for the prevalence of depression in patients with cancer in different primary …

Objective The question of whether depression is associated with worse survival in people
with cancer remains unanswered because of methodological criticism of the published …

Clinical depression is a relatively common, and yet frequently overlooked, source of
suffering among patients with cancer. All patients who face a life-threatening diagnosis such …

Background Major depressive disorder severely impairs the quality of life of patients with
medical disorders such as cancer, but evidence to guide its management is scarce. We …

Background Depression is a common co-morbidity of cancer that has a detrimental effect on
quality of life, treatment adherence and potentially survival. We conducted an …

Background Substantial uncertainty exists about prevalence of mood disorders in patients
with cancer, including those in oncological, haematological, and palliative-care settings. We …

BackgroundThe goal of the present study was to analyze associations between depression
and mortality of cancer patients and to test whether these associations would vary by study …

Background Depression has substantial effects on cancer patients' quality of life. Estimates
of its prevalence vary widely. We aimed to systematically review published studies to obtain …

Background Several practice guidelines recommend screening for depression in cancer
care, but no systematic reviews have examined whether there is evidence that depression …

Depression is common in cancer patients, and this often remains undetected and untreated.
Depression has been associated with poorer quality of life, in addition to increased …