Importance Making rational decisions about screening requires information about its harms,
but high-quality evidence is often either not available or not used. One reason may be that …

Background: Systematic symptom reporting by patients and the use of questionnaires such
as the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) have potential to improve clinical …

Objectives Lung cancer is associated with a greater symptom burden than other cancers, yet
little is known about the prevalence of emotional problems and how emotional problems …

CONTEXT: Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers in the United States and is
associated with high levels of symptoms, including pain, fatigue, shortness of breath, and …

Objective: Couples coping with head and neck and lung cancers are at increased risk for
psychological and relationship distress given patients' poor prognosis and aggressive and …

Objective: Few studies have used rapid screening instruments to document the prevalence
of distress among metastatic breast cancer patients. This study used the one‐item Distress …

The Distress Thermometer (DT) is a well validated screening tool, demonstrably sensitive
and reasonably specific to the construct of distress in cancer. Its brevity makes it ideal to …

Sleep disorders and insomnia are more prevalent in patients with cancer than in the normal
population. Sleep disorders consist of delayed sleep latency, waking episodes after sleep …

Individuals diagnosed with lung and head and neck (HN) cancers and their spouses are at
increased risk for distress. This study assessed whether the way couples communicate …

Abstract European Cancer Organisation Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care
(ERQCC) are written by experts representing all disciplines involved in cancer care in …