Distress Disorder Histories Relate to Greater Physical Symptoms Among Breast Cancer Patients and Survivors: Findings Across the Cancer Trajectory.
Megan E RennaMarcella Rosie ShroutAnnelise A MadisonMaryam B LustbergStephen P PovoskiDoreen M AgneseRaquel E ReinboltRobert WesolowskiNicole O WilliamsBhuvaneswari RamaswamySagar D SardesaiAnne M NoonanJeffrey Bryan VanDeusenDaniel G StoverMathew Amprayil CherianWilliam B MalarkeyMichael Di GregorioJanice K Kiecolt-GlaserPublished in: International journal of behavioral medicine (2022)
These findings suggest that breast cancer survivors with a distress disorder may be particularly at risk for more physical symptoms, poorer sleep, and worse self-rated health both prior to and following adjuvant treatment.