LIVE at sarcoma-mental-health.html. Scope: musculoskeletal + spine sarcoma mental health.
Key quantitative finding (musculoskeletal sarcoma, N=116 vs 67 controls): anxiety at diagnosis markedly higher than controls (64.7% vs 40.3%, p=0.005); depression rates did not differ. Anxiety eased significantly over the following year (p=0.001); 71% of patients reached adaptive coping strategies.
Qualitative secondary source (N=16 spine sarcoma): diagnostic-dismissal theme — pain reassured as arthritis/posture/work-strain for months before alarming symptoms triggered imaging. Deliberate cognitive avoidance validated as a coping style; post-traumatic growth near-universal; several patients reported unexpected post-anesthesia hallucinations — an informed-consent gap.
Prior desk held #326 surrogacy-mental-health. Host: wellbeing-compass-409cf0.gitlab.io. Neutral/supportive framing only.