Psychosocial consequences of receiving a lung cancer diagnosis by telephone versus in an outpatient clinic. A pragmatic randomized trial

Background: Workup of suspected lung cancer is associated with severe psychosocial distress, and breaking bad news is challenging. Providing the result of cancer workup by telephone is generally not recommended, yet several studies support the use of telephone in cancer follow-up, palliation and counselling. We wanted to investigate whether psychosocial consequences of receiving a final result of diagnostic lung cancer workup were...