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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2023

Screening versus multidimensional assessment of symptoms and psychosocial distress in cancer patients from the time of incurability.

Stefanie Solar, Johannes Wieditz, Florian Lordick, Anja Mehnert-Theuerkauf, Karin Oechsle, Birgitt van Oorschot, Michael Thomas, Thomas Asendorf, Friedemann Nauck, Bernd Alt-Epping

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Stefanie SolarDepartment of Palliative Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Johannes WieditzDepartment of Medical Statistics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Florian LordickUniversity Cancer Center Leipzig, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Anja Mehnert-TheuerkaufDepartment of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Karin OechslePalliative Care Unit, Center of Oncology, University Hospital of Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Birgitt van OorschotInterdisciplinary Center for Palliative Medicine, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Michael ThomasThoraxklinik and National Center for Tumor Diseases at Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Thomas AsendorfDepartment of Medical Statistics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Friedemann NauckDepartment of Palliative Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Bernd Alt-EppingDepartment of Palliative Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.

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Abstract

Objective: Previous symptom prevalence studies show a diverse spectrum of symptoms and a large diversity in symptom intensities in patients being just diagnosed as having incurable cancer. It is unclear, how physical symptoms and psychosocial burden should be recorded in order to determine the variable need for palliative care and further support. Therefore, we compared two different strategies for detecting physical symptoms and psychosocial burden of patients with newly diagnosed incurable cancer and their effects on the further course of the disease. Methods: SCREBEL is a controlled, randomized, non-blinded, longitudinal study of the research network of the Palliative Medicine Working Group (APM) of the German Cancer Society (DKG). We compared: a less complex repeated brief Results: 504 patients were included in the study. 262 patients were lost to follow-up, including 155 fatalities. There were no significant differences between the low-threshold Conclusion: A comprehensive, multidimensional

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cancer patientsmultidimensional assessmentpalliative medicinequality of lifescreening

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