Anxiety and depression among new cancer patients.

Introduction And Objective: Definitive diagnosis, tedious treatment methods, and long treatment duration are possible factors contributing to psychiatric disorders in cancerous patients, including anxiety and depression. Accordingly, this study aimed to investigate the effective factors on the occurrence of psychiatric disorders in newly diagnosed cancer patients.

Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted in Semnan, Iran, in 2018, in which 122 patients with cancer were included.