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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2004 96(14):1110; doi:10.1093/jnci/djh210
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RESPONSE: Re: National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Conference Statement: Symptom Management in Cancer: Pain, Depression, and Fatigue, July 15–17, 2002

Donald L. Patrick, Jürgen Unützer

Affiliations of authors: Department of Health Services (DLP), Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (JU), University of Washington, Seattle

Correspondence to: Donald L. Patrick, PhD, MSPH, Department of Health Services, H-689 Health Sciences, University of Washington, Box 357660, Seattle, WA 98195-7660 (e-mail: donald{at}u.washington.edu)

We agree with Forcina that existing depression rating scales "could benefit from further refinement" in patients with cancer. In the meantime, we believe these scales should be used clinically until there is evidence that major depression in patients with cancer differs substantially from major depression associated with other causes.

Our literature sources were contained in the technical report commissioned by the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, for this State-of-the-Science Panel.


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J Natl Cancer Inst 2004 96: 1109-1110. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]




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