Patients with non-small cell lung cancer exhibited less depression and anxiety when receiving treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic than healthy individuals, according to a study in Journal of National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
“It is a message of strength and resilience, of being able to persevere despite all the challenges. These patients with lung cancer showed incredible toughness during COVID and went about what they had to do and continued their treatment, despite their very difficult disease,” Barbara L. Andersen, PhD, distinguished university professor in the