Nearly 1 in 5 Blood Cancer Patients May Experience…

Nearly 1 in 5 Blood Cancer Patients May Experience Significant PTSD Symptoms When we think about the impact of a cancer diagnosis, we naturally focus on the physical toll: treatment side effects, transplant complications, survival rates. A new meta-analysis published in Scientific Reports brings attention to something less discussed, the psychological trauma that can follow patients with blood cancers long after treatment. Researchers systematically reviewed existing studies measuring posttraumatic stress symptoms in adults with hematological malignancies, cancers of the blood, bone marrow, and lymphatic system, including leukaemia, lymphoma, and myeloma. The analysis covered patients during intensive treatment, stem cell transplantation, and survivorship. Pooling data across independent studies, researchers found that 17.9% of patients, nearly 1 in 5, screened positive for clinically significant PTSD symptoms using validated self-report questionnaires. Depending on which studies were included in sensitivity analyses, this est