There is a greater burden of mental illness, with a poorer prognosis, in survivors of cancer compared with the general population. Furthermore, mental illness is associated with worse cancer-specific outcomes.
1 Though mental health interventions may reduce mental distress and improve subsequent oncological outcomes,
2 there are disparities in mental health service (MHS) receipt in the general population, with particularly low use in immigrant populations.
3 Therefore, we examined contemporary patterns of mental distress and mental health service receipt by immigrant status in cancer survivors in the USA. …