The correlations between psychological distress, cognitive impairment and quality of life in patients with brain metastases after whole-brain radiotherapy.
Senbang YaoHe ZuoWen LiYinlian CaiQianqian ZhangLulian PangYanyan JingXiangxiang YinHuai-Dong ChengPublished in: Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico (2022)
After receiving WBRT, the cognitive function and QOL of patients with brain metastases were decreased, while psychological distress increased. The cognitive impairment and the decline of QOL after WBRT are associated with increased psychological distress, and that the decline of QOL is associated with cognitive impairment of patients.