ReviewMedicine2022
The half-painted picture: Reviewing the mental health impacts of cancer screening.
Review in Medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- American Society of Hematology 2026 guidelines on diagnosis of light chain amyloidosis.Blood advances · 2026Guideline
- A comprehensive examination of mental health in patients with head and neck cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis.JNCI cancer spectrum · 2024Pooled it
- The Impact of Nurse-Led Intervention on Breast Cancer Screening and Early Detection in China: Randomized Control Trial.Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2025Trial
- Five-year psychological impact and surveillance compliance in the Australian Pancreatic Cancer Screening Program.Familial cancer · 2026Article
- Impact of Pre-Diagnosed Depressive Symptoms on Treatment Choice, Delay in Initiating Treatment, and Mortality Among Women Aged ≥65 Years with Breast Cancer.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Modeling Individual-Level Uncertainty From Missing Data in Multifactorial Breast Cancer Risk Prediction.JCO precision oncology · 2026Article
- Over-detection and over-surveillance in breast screening: current status and the potential for artificial intelligence optimisation.Insights into imaging · 2025Review
- Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Toward Thyroid Nodules in 456 Patients with Thyroid Nodules.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025Article
- Generalized cost-effectiveness analysis: charting a path forward for measuring the societal value of medical technologies.Journal of comparative effectiveness research · 2025Article
- Preferences for Peer Support Amongst Families Engaged in Paediatric Screening Programmes: The Perspectives of Parents Involved in Screening for Type 1 Diabetes in Children Aged 3-13.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Article
- Multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests: prioritizing equity from bench to bedside.Health affairs scholar · 2024Article
- How will lung cancer screening and lung nodule management change the diagnostic and surgical lung cancer landscape?European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2024Review
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Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Cancer screening is recommended for select cancers worldwide. Cancer screening has become increasingly effective and accessible and often increases overall survival. However, the mental health effects of cancer screening, such as its impact on depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder, are largely unknown. Conflicting available literature indicates the negative, neutral, and positive mental health effects of cancer screening across cancer types. There are a limited number of randomized controlled trials measuring the mental health effects of cancer screening. Overall, the more negative and life-threatening the screening results, the greater the mental health effects. Screening for cancer without a known precursor, for example, due to family history, can have positive impacts such as decreased worry and increased quality of life. However, receiving a cancer diagnosis often has negative mental effects that increase with the life-threatening potential of malignancy. In this study, we review the existing literature and provide recommendations for future research to determine if and when cancer screening is the best practice.
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