Physical disability and psychological distress before and after a diagnosis of cancer: evidence on multiple cancer types from a large Australian cohort study, compared to people without a cancer diagnosis
On average, cancer survivors experienced greater declines in physical wellbeing than people without cancer and minimal differences in psychological distress. Those not receiving recent cancer treatment and those with many common cancer types had physical and psychological outcomes comparable to people without cancer. Additional targeted support may particularly benefit those receiving treatment, with specific cancer types, and advanced disease.
Authors
- Yuehan Zhang
- Emily Banks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4617-1302)
- Marianne Frances Weber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5731-9651)
- Grace Joshy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0718-6368)
- Rebekah Laidsaar‐Powell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3462-5645)
- Bogda Koczwara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1201-1642)
- Joanne Thandrayen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6247-3580)
- Chloe Yi Shing Lim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2987-4444)
- Kay S
Institutions
- Australian National University (AU)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Flinders University (AU)
- Flinders Medical Centre (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04111-0
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.18
Funders
- Cancer Institute NSW
- NSW Ministry of Health
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council
- Cancer Council NSW