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 2024/04/25
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