PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - FLORIAN LENZE AU - FLORIAN POHLIG AU - CAROLIN KNEBEL AU - HEINRICH MÜHLHOFER AU - HANS RECHL AU - THERESIA PICHLER AU - PETER HERSCHBACH AU - RÜDIGER VON EISENHART-ROTHE AU - ULRICH LENZE TI - Psychosocial Distress in Follow-up Care – Results of a Tablet-based Routine Screening in 202 Patients With Sarcoma AID - 10.21873/anticanres.13453 DP - 2019 Jun 01 TA - Anticancer Research PG - 3159--3165 VI - 39 IP - 6 4099 - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/39/6/3159.short 4100 - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/39/6/3159.full SO - Anticancer Res2019 Jun 01; 39 AB - Background: Patients with sarcoma are particularly vulnerable to psychosocial distress. The aim of this study was to collect preliminary data on the prevalence of psychosocial distress in such patients during follow-up care and identify risk factors associated with higher psycho-oncological stress levels. Patients and Methods: The study retrospectively enrolled 202 patients with bone or soft-tissue sarcomas who underwent routine psychosocial distress screening during their follow-up care. All patients were screened using an electronic cancer-specific questionnaire. Results: Females and patients who underwent radiotherapy were more distressed. Psychosocial distress levels were markedly higher in the early postoperative phase, but approximately one-third of patients showed high psychosocial distress levels even more than 2 years postoperatively. Conclusion: The results underscore the importance of routine psychosocial distress screenings in patients with sarcoma, which should be performed throughout the follow-up period.