Psychological distress and its influencing factors in esophageal cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy: a longitudinal study
Esophageal cancer patients exhibit moderate psychological distress during radiotherapy, with a trend of initial increase followed by a decrease as radiotherapy continues. Based on the changing characteristics and identified influencing factors, the healthcare team should develop dynamic and individualized intervention strategies to reduce patients' psychological distress.
Authors
- Huimin Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-0787)
- Jin Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0099-874X)
- Ying Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8526-9636)
- Xiaofan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9202-5499)
- Jue Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2075-4283)
- Ying Yao
Institutions
- Henan University of Science and Technology (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Oncology
- Published
- 2025-11-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2025.1582870
- Primary Topic
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00