A study found a prevalence of distress and anxiety among patients with chronic blood cancers, before and after receiving treatment. “We found that ‘dwelling on’ the cancer and on the uncertainty and unpredictability of watch and wait resulted in increased anxiety, which could be more problematic than any physical symptoms,” the authors wrote in the European Journal of Oncology.
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