Social frailty as a risk factor for new-onset depressive symptoms at one year post-surgery in older patients with gastrointestinal cancer

Depressive symptoms are common among patients with gastrointestinal cancer, even post-surgery. Among patients with esophageal cancer, the prevalence of depressive symptoms pre-surgery was 20%; one year post-surgery, it was 32% [ [1] Hellstadius Y. Lagergren J. Zylstra J. et al. A longitudinal assessment of psychological distress after oesophageal cancer surgery. Acta Oncol. 2017; 56: 746-752 Crossref PubMed Scopus (23) Google Scholar ]. In...