Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on cancer patients and psycho‐oncology providers: Perspectives, observations, and experiences of the American Psychosocial Oncology Society membership

Abstract

Although providers observed that the pandemic placed new burdens on patients, they emphasized that the cancer experience may have prepared patients for the existential distress of the pandemic and described patients' resiliency. To overcome challenges, psycho-oncology providers used innovative strategies to support patients and foster their own mental health.