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ASCO 2026 | Improving emotional health assessment in patients with kidney cancer

Eric Jonasch, MD, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, comments on the need for more sophisticated tools to assess emotional health in patients with kidney cancer, highlighting that current surveys are not granular enough to identify individuals who may require intervention. It is essential to develop more detailed assessments that go beyond simple scales to better understand patients’ experiences and provide targeted support. This interview took place during the 2026 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Meeting in Chicago, IL.

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We do have surveys that are instituted in some institutions about emotional health that are supposed to trigger then, you know, further inquiry into this and development of support for our patients. But I don’t think these tools are granular enough and sophisticated enough. I think we need to have useful tools that will actually really identify individuals where some type of intervention could be useful...

We do have surveys that are instituted in some institutions about emotional health that are supposed to trigger then, you know, further inquiry into this and development of support for our patients. But I don’t think these tools are granular enough and sophisticated enough. I think we need to have useful tools that will actually really identify individuals where some type of intervention could be useful. And beyond sort of a simple, you know, 1 to 10 scale, maybe a little bit more detail in what it is that they’re experiencing and how we can help address it. And I think by getting a little bit more granularity, we’ll be able to actually administer or deliver better care for our patients.

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