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addressing depression in other cancer groups. 1 , 30 A national study found that multiple psychosocial characteristics were associated with worse depression but did not characterize an association between lung cancer biology and depression. 31 A better

androgen deprivation therapy, or a combination of any of these therapies. Statistical Methodology Continuous baseline patient characteristics were compared with either the 2 sample t test or a nonparametric k-sample test on the equality of medians

eAppendix 4 ). Data Collection Participants’ characteristics were assessed at baseline (before random assignment). Data on outcome measures (LST preferences, QoL, anxiety symptoms, and depressive symptoms) and time-varying covariates were collected at

Platinum Study ( P =.30), and other clinical and sociodemographic characteristics ( supplemental eTable 1 , available with this article at JNCCN.org ). Data on the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its risk factors in this cohort have been previously

For patients who received multiple courses of treatments, the most invasive surgical procedure for the primary site (liver transplantation > resection > ablation) was reported in the database. Statistical Analysis Baseline characteristics in patients

refused to participate or for whom data were missing ( supplemental eTable 1 , available with this article at JNCCN.org ). Study Cohort Characteristics Characteristics of the study samples are presented in Table 1 . Men represented 60% of the

. Characteristics of Patients Eligible for Screening In the OptumLabs 1% sample, we identified 93,334 prepolicy and 110,067 postpolicy patients. Patient counts for the control and exposure groups were equivalent for the OptumLabs analysis because patient records

professionals provided counseling and were supervised weekly by the first author (LRS). Counselors guided women through the Web site and discussed behavioral homework. Statistical Analyses Demographic and clinical characteristics were summarized with

Clinicopathologic characteristics were tabulated and evaluated with Fischer’s exact test and Student t testing, as appropriate. Odds of being offered electronic distress screening, which required an active Portal, were analyzed via univariable and multivariable

in the final matched cohort. All statistical analyses were performed using SPSS Statistics, version 23 (IBM Corp.). Results Patient Cohort Characteristics A total of 3,729 patients with a median follow-up of 41.1 months who met the inclusion criteria