Mental health screening and diagnosis in cancer patients: Impact on mortality and suggestion of racial bias
Cancer
.
2022 Jan 15;128(2):234-236.
doi: 10.1002/cncr.33901.
Epub 2021 Sep 22.
Authors
John Z Benton
1
,
Cristiane D Bergerot
2
,
Phillip Woodruff
3
,
Stephen B Williams
4
,
Christopher J D Wallis
5
,
Zachary Klaassen
6
7
Affiliations
1
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia.
2
Centro de Cancer de Brasilia (CETTRO), Instituto Unity de Ensino e Pesquisa, Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
3
St. George's University School of Medicine, St. George's, Grenada.
4
Division of Urology, The University of Texas Medical Brach at Galveston, Galveston, Texas.
5
Department of Urological Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
6
Department of Surgery, Section of Urology, Medical College of Georgia-Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia.
7
Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta, Georgia.
PMID:
34550606
DOI:
10.1002/cncr.33901
No abstract available
Keywords:
bias; distress; mental health; psycho-oncology; screening.
Publication types
Editorial
Comment
MeSH terms
Early Detection of Cancer
Humans
Mental Health
Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Neoplasms* / psychology
Psycho-Oncology
Racism*