This is the prospective, observational cohort study (G-Distress) to explore the associations of psychological stress with treatment and prognosis of gastric cancer. The participants including the patients diagnosed with gastric cancer who received surgery, chemotherapy and immune checkpoint inhibitors.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
600
The assessment of depressive and anxiety symptoms was conducted using Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment 7 (GAD-7). Patients with a PHQ-9 score ≥ 5 or a GAD-7 score ≥ 5 were categorized as the stressed group.
Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center
Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China
RECRUITINGCohort 1: Disease-free survival (DFS)
The duration between the date after surgery to the date of any recurrence or death firstly
Time frame: 3-year
Cohort 2: Pathologic complete response (pCR) rate
Time frame: 1-month
Cohort 3: Progression-free survival (PFS)
Time frame: 1-year
Overall survival (OS)
Time frame: 3-year
Objective Response Rate
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
Quality of life assessed by EORTC QLQ-C30.
Time frame: 3-year
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