RT Book, Section A1 Rashid, Anis A2 Duffy, James D. A2 Valentine, Alan D. SR Print(0) ID 1125785204 T1 Anxiety in Cancer Patients T2 MD Anderson Manual of Psychosocial Oncology YR 2016 FD 2016 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071624381 LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1125785204 RD 2024/10/06 AB Anxiety is the most common and a very stressful condition in patients with cancer diagnoses. High level of anxiety is seen in up to 50% of newly diagnosed cancer patients.1 It has also been noticed that a large number of patients with a principal anxiety disorder have one or more coexisting diagnoses at the time of initial evaluation. Anxiety is more common in younger age groups, single females, with low level of education and poor social support, and those of lower economic status.2 The reason for this is that with maturity and more experience, the ability to mobilize resources, and adaptability, patients develop skills to cope better with illness. It has also been reported that patients with advanced disease and lower performance status endorse a higher level of stress.3