MedCity News October 3, 2024
Providers should incorporate mental health screenings as a standard part of cancer care for patients and their loved ones.
It begins with shock — the shock of hearing your diagnosis and it’s followed by a paralyzing fear; the fear of treatment or fear of what the future holds. Then comes the anxiety of telling your family, especially children.
A cancer diagnosis involves exams, procedures, and lengthy (often painful) treatments, but it also brings excruciating periods of waiting and anxiety — days, months, and even years. Is this treatable? How will this impact my family? Did they get it all? Is it spreading? Is the therapy working? What if it comes back?
Cancer isn’t just a physical disease; it’s...
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