‘Substantial’ rates of psychological distress with indolent non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas
Overall, 46% of patients with indolent non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas are worried about their prognosis.
Patients with indolent non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas report considerable psychological distress, according to a US study in The Oncologist.
Dr Richard Newcomb, from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and colleagues conducted a cross-sectional study of adults newly diagnosed with indolent non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in the past three months and assessed quality of life, psychological symptoms, coping, and perception of prognosis.
