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Rethinking depression diagnosis in ovarian cancer: The role of somatic symptoms
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Rethinking depression diagnosis in ovarian cancer: The role of somatic symptoms

Rachel Telles, Premal H. Thaker, Michael J. Goodheart, Frank J. Penedo, Anil K. Sood and Susan K. Lutgendorf
Cancer, Vol.132(10), p.e70344
05/15/2026
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.70344
PMID: 42108834
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Abstract

Patients with ovarian cancer endorse somatic symptoms of depression at a significantly lower severity of depression than the general population at time of diagnosis, which reflects possible overdiagnosis of depression as a result of cancer‐related symptom burden. Differences are no longer present at 1 year posttreatment, when somatic items may be more appropriate for depression assessment in this population.
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