Publications by authors named "A Tamas Graeff"
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- The Utrecht Symptom Diary (USD) is a validated tool for assessing symptoms in cancer patients, incorporating 11 main symptoms and additional ones specific to those undergoing chemotherapy or targeted therapy.
- A study conducted between 2012 and 2021 analyzed the effectiveness of these added symptoms in adult cancer patients receiving treatment, using a longitudinal cohort approach.
- Results indicated that most added items were relevant and valid for this patient group, with all but one item (oral pain) demonstrating acceptable validity, highlighting the tool's comprehensive nature for monitoring treatment-related symptoms.
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- The study investigates how health behaviors like smoking, physical inactivity, and alcohol use may mediate the relationship between depression, anxiety, and different types of cancer, including lung and breast cancer.
- Utilizing data from 18 cohorts with a total of 319,613 participants, the researchers performed two-stage meta-analyses to analyze these associations and calculate the mediating effects.
- Results showed that smoking and physical inactivity significantly mediated links between depression, anxiety, and lung cancer, highlighting the importance of smoking cessation programs for individuals dealing with mental health issues.
Unmet needs of relatives of patients with advanced cancer not only reduce their own health-related quality of life, but may also negatively affect patients' health outcomes. The aim of this study was to assess changes in relatives' unmet needs of patients with advanced cancer in the last year of life and to identify differences in unmet needs by gender and type of relationship. Relatives of patients with advanced cancer in the Netherlands were included in a prospective, longitudinal, observational study.
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