Assessment of psychological distress among Asian adolescents and young adults (AYA) cancer patients using the distress thermometer: a prospective, longitudinal study.

Purpose: Since few studies have investigated whether the Distress Thermometer (DT) in Asian adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients (between 15 and 39 years), we investigated the appropriateness of the DT as a screening tool for psychological symptom burden in these AYA patients and to evaluate AYA patients' distress across a trajectory of three time points longitudinally over a 6-month period.

Methods: This was a prospective, longitudinal study. Recruited Asian AYA patients were diagnosed with lymphomas, sarcomas, primary brain malignancies, or germ cell tumors.

Trajectory and risk factors for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in Asian patients with head and neck cancer.

Background: The purpose of this study was to analyze the trajectory of and risk factors for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in Asian patients with head and neck cancer.

Methods: Adult patients with head and neck cancer scheduled to receive cisplatin-based chemotherapy were recruited for the study. Clinical events were collated from standardized diaries.