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Overview

Uwe Koch is affiliated with Universität Hamburg in Germany and focuses primarily on medical research, with a specialization in oncology. Their scholarly output reflects a concentration on cancer-related topics, palliative care, and patient-centered issues within healthcare.

Their recent papers include:

  • Cancer patients' preferred and perceived level of involvement in treatment decision-making: an epidemiological study (2020, Acta Oncologica)
  • Estimates of Prevalence Rates of Cancer Patients With Children and Well-Being in Affected Children: A Systematic Review on Population-Based Findings (2021, Frontiers in Psychiatry)
  • Prevalence and Severity of Pain in Cancer Patients in Germany (2021, Frontiers in Pain Research)
  • Existential distress in patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers: study protocol of a longitudinal cohort study (2021, BMJ Open)
  • Thoughts of death and suicidality among patients with cancer: Examining subtypes and their association with mental disorders (2021, Psycho-Oncology)

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Uwe Koch include:

  • Anja Mehnert
  • Carsten Bokemeyer
  • Martin Härter
  • Michael Friedrich
  • Georgia Schilling

The most common venues for publication by Uwe Koch are:

  • ChemMedChem
  • BMJ Open
  • Psycho-Oncology
  • Journal of Cancer Survivorship
  • Die Rehabilitation

Their academic work is mainly situated within the field of Medicine, particularly with a focus on oncology. Subfields of study addressed include:

  • Oncology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • General Health Professions
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

The core topics covered in their research are:

  • Cancer survivorship and care
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Patient Dignity and Privacy
  • Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment

Best Publications

  • Four-Week Prevalence of Mental Disorders in Patients With Cancer Across Major Tumor Entities

    Anja Mehnert;Elmar Brähler;Hermann Faller;Martin Härter

  • One in two cancer patients is significantly distressed: Prevalence and indicators of distress.

    A. Mehnert;T.J. Hartung;M. Friedrich;S. Vehling

  • Psychological comorbidity and health-related quality of life and its association with awareness, utilization, and need for psychosocial support in a cancer register-based sample of long-term breast cancer survivors

    Anja Mehnert;Uwe Koch

  • Prevalence of acute and post-traumatic stress disorder and comorbid mental disorders in breast cancer patients during primary cancer care: a prospective study.

    Anja Mehnert;Uwe Koch

  • Die deutsche Version des NCCN Distress-Thermometers

    Anja Mehnert;Diana Müller;Claudia Lehmann;Uwe Koch

  • [Fear of progression in breast cancer patients--validation of the short form of the Fear of Progression Questionnaire (FoP-Q-SF)].

    Anja Mehnert;Peter Herschbach;Petra Berg;Gerhard Henrich

  • The risk of being depressed is significantly higher in cancer patients than in the general population: Prevalence and severity of depressive symptoms across major cancer types

    T.J. Hartung;E. Brähler;H. Faller;M. Härter

  • Depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and health-related quality of life and its association with social support in ambulatory prostate cancer patients.

    A. Mehnert;C. Lehmann;M. Graefen;H. Huland

  • Satisfaction with information and unmet information needs in men and women with cancer

    Hermann Faller;Uwe Koch;Elmar Brähler;Martin Härter

  • The association between neuropsychological impairment, self-perceived cognitive deficits, fatigue and health related quality of life in breast cancer survivors following standard adjuvant versus high-dose chemotherapy.

    Anja Mehnert;Angela Scherwath;Lena Schirmer;Barbara Schleimer

  • Demoralization and depression in patients with advanced cancer: validation of the German version of the demoralization scale.

    Anja Mehnert;Sigrun Vehling;Anja Höcker;Claudia Lehmann

  • Effects of a Physical Exercise Rehabilitation Group Program on Anxiety, Depression, Body Image, and Health-Related Quality of Life among Breast Cancer Patients

    Anja Mehnert;Silke Veers;Dirk Howaldt;Klaus-Michael Braumann

  • The Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener (GAD-7) and the anxiety module of the Hospital and Depression Scale (HADS-A) as screening tools for generalized anxiety disorder among cancer patients.

    Peter Esser;Tim J Hartung;Michael Friedrich;Christoffer Johansen;Christoffer Johansen

  • Unmet supportive care needs: a cross-cultural comparison between Hong Kong Chinese and German Caucasian women with breast cancer

    Wendy W. T. Lam;Angel H. Y. Au;Jennifer H. F. Wong;Claudia Lehmann

  • Predictors of employment among cancer survivors after medical rehabilitation--a prospective study.

    Anja Mehnert;Uwe Koch

  • Health-related quality of life in breast cancer: A cross-cultural survey of German, Japanese, and South Korean patients

    Eun-Jung Shim;Anja Mehnert;Atsuko Koyama;Seong-Jin Cho

  • Twelve-Month and Lifetime Prevalence of Mental Disorders in Cancer Patients.

    Susanne Kuhnt;Elmar Brähler;Hermann Faller;Martin Härter

  • Perceived need for psychosocial support depending on emotional distress and mental comorbidity in men and women with cancer.

    Hermann Faller;Joachim Weis;Uwe Koch;Elmar Brähler

  • Prospective study of cancer patients and their spouses: the weakness of marital strength

    Lea Baider;Uwe Koch;Rut Esacson;Atara Kaplan De-Nour

  • Cardiovascular risk factors in primary care: methods and baseline prevalence rates--the DETECT program.

    H.-U Wittchen;H Glaesmer;W März;G Stalla

  • Diabetes in Primary Care: Prospective Associations between Depression, Nonadherence and Glycemic Control

    Jörg Dirmaier;Birgit Watzke;Uwe Koch;Holger Schulz

Frequent Co-Authors

Anja Mehnert
Anja Mehnert Leipzig University
Martin Härter
Martin Härter Universität Hamburg
Hermann Faller
Hermann Faller University of Würzburg
Elmar Brähler
Elmar Brähler Leipzig University
Levente Kriston
Levente Kriston Universität Hamburg
Jürgen Barth
Jürgen Barth University of Zurich
Heide Glaesmer
Heide Glaesmer Leipzig University
Andreas Hinz
Andreas Hinz Leipzig University
Franz Resch
Franz Resch Heidelberg University

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