Intensive patients’ care program ameliorates anxiety and depression, and sustained anxiety correlates with worse overall survival in renal cell carcinoma patients underwent radical nephrectomy

Background: null This study aimed to investigate the effect of an intensive patients’ care program (IPCP) on anxiety, depression, and survival rate of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) patients post radical nephrectomy. Methods: null This study consisted of two stages: a randomized, controlled stage (stage I) and a long-term follow-up stage (stage II). A total of 182 RCC patients who underwent radical nephrectomy were consecutively recruited and were...