Distress in soft-tissue sarcoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumours patients-Results of a German multicentre observational study (PROSa).

Martin EichlerLeopold HentschelSusanne SingerBeate HornemannPeter HohenbergerBernd KasperDimosthenis AndreouDaniel PinkJens JakobKarin ArndtJohanna KirchbergStephan RichterMartin BornhäuserJochen SchmittMarkus K Schuler

Published in: Psycho-oncology (2022)

The prevalence of elevated distress in STS and GIST patients is high. In unemployed patients, in those with a disability pension and in newly diagnosed patients a noticeable increase was observed. Clinicians should be aware of these factors and consider the social aspects of the disease.

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