Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Reply to: “Dyadic effects of social support, illness uncertainty on anxiety and depression among lung cancer patients and their caregivers: a cross-sectional study”

  • Correspondence
  • Published:
Supportive Care in Cancer Aims and scope Submit manuscript

The Original Article was published on 20 June 2023

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Data availability

All relevant data are contained within the article.

References

  1. Wang T, Sun J, Gu D, Shen S, Zhou Y, Wang Z (2023) Dyadic effects of social support, illness uncertainty on anxiety and depression among lung cancer patients and their caregivers: a cross-sectional study. Support Care Cancer 31:402. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-023-07876-3

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  2. Niedzwiedz CL, Knifton L, Robb KA, Katikireddi SV, Smith DJ (2019) Depression and anxiety among people living with and beyond cancer: a growing clinical and research priority. BMC Cancer 19:943. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-6181-4

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  3. McFarland DC, Doherty M, Atkinson TM, O’Hanlon R, Breitbart W, Nelson CJ, Miller AH (2022) Cancer-related inflammation and depressive symptoms: systematic review and meta-analysis. Cancer 128:2504–2519. https://doi.org/10.1002/cncr.34193

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Funding

This study was supported by the JSPS KAKENHI [grant number:21K11073]. The funders played no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Japanese Red Cross Kyushu International College of Nursing, 1-1 Asty Munakata, Fukuoka, 811-4157, Japan

    Kohei Kajiwara

  2. Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University, Tsu, Japan

    Jun Kako

  3. Graduate of Nursing Science, St. Luke’s International University, Chuo-ku, Japan

    Masamitsu Kobayashi

  4. School of Medicine, Tokai University, Isehara, Japan

    Teppei Yamashita

  5. School of Nursing, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan

    Makoto Yamanaka

  6. Oita University of Nursing and Health Sciences Program, Oita, Japan

    Yasuhide Etou

Authors
  1. Kohei Kajiwara
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Jun Kako
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Masamitsu Kobayashi
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Teppei Yamashita
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Makoto Yamanaka
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Yasuhide Etou
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Contributions

Kohei Kajiwara, Jun Kako, Masamitsu Kobayashi, Teppei Yamashita, Makoto Yamanaka. and Yasuhide Etou conceived and designed the study. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Kohei Kajiwara, and all authors commented on all drafts of the manuscript. All the authors read and approved the final draft of the manuscript.

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Kohei Kajiwara.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The authors declare no competing interests.

Conflicts of interest

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Kajiwara, K., Kako, J., Kobayashi, M. et al. Reply to: “Dyadic effects of social support, illness uncertainty on anxiety and depression among lung cancer patients and their caregivers: a cross-sectional study”. Support Care Cancer 31, 609 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-023-08094-7

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-023-08094-7

Search

Navigation