A new standard in cancer care: Integrated screening, stepped collaborative care for common and distressing symptoms

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Over 18 million people are diagnosed with cancer in the United States and approximately 50% report clinical levels of depression and/or anxiety, pain, and/or fatigue.1-2 

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Jennifer A. Steel, PhD
Director, Center for Excellence in Behavioral Medicine, Director, Quality of Life Program for UPMC’s Liver Cancer Center, Professor of surgery, psychiatry, and psychology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Jennifer A. Steel, PhD
Director, Center for Excellence in Behavioral Medicine, Director, Quality of Life Program for UPMC’s Liver Cancer Center, Professor of surgery, psychiatry, and psychology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

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