The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the 9‐item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ‐9) as screening instruments for depression in patients with cancer

In patients with cancer, the screening performance of both the PHQ-9 and the HADS-D was limited compared with a standardized diagnostic interview. Costs and benefits of routinely screening all patients with cancer should be weighed carefully. Cancer 2017;123:4236-4243. © 2017 American Cancer Society.