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Melissa S. Y. Thong

German Cancer Research Center · DE
Area of research
Oncology · Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Research interest
Research interests include Cancer survivorship and care, Cancer-related cognitive impairment studies, Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life, and Frailty in Older Adults.
h-index
42
citations
5,063
works
135
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Needs and health-related quality of life domains relevant to people in Europe with advanced cancer in need of palliative care: a systematic review of qualitative research
Quality of Life Research 2026cited by 2position: middledoi
The development of the European Toolkit for the self-assessment of quality of life across the cancer care continuum (EUonQoL-Kit)
European Journal of Cancer 2026cited by 1position: middledoi
Fatigue in long-term cancer survivors: prevalence, associated factors, and mortality. A prospective population-based study
British Journal of Cancer 2025cited by 11position: firstdoi
Systematic review of the needs and health-related quality of life domains relevant to people surviving cancer in Europe
Quality of Life Research 2025cited by 4position: middledoi
Bidirectional Associations Between Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Daily Symptoms in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Longitudinal Observational Study
JMIR mhealth and uhealth 2025cited by 3position: middledoi
Chinese Male Nursing Undergraduates’ Experience of Learning Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing: A Qualitative Study
Advances in Medical Education and Practice 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Survivorship outcomes in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a scoping review
Journal of Cancer Survivorship 2024cited by 16position: middledoi
Combined healthy lifestyle factors and psychosocial outcomes among cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Journal of Cancer Survivorship 2024cited by 6position: lastdoi
Combined lifestyle factors on mortality and cardiovascular disease among cancer survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies
Supportive Care in Cancer 2024cited by 3position: lastdoi
Benefit finding, posttraumatic growth and health-related quality of life in long-term cancer survivors: a prospective population-based study
Acta Oncologica 2023cited by 12position: middledoi
Persisting Deficits in Health-Related Quality of Life of Colorectal Cancer Survivors 14–24 Years Post-Diagnosis: A Population-Based Study
Current Oncology 2023cited by 12position: firstdoi
Diabetes mellitus in long‐term survivors with colorectal, breast, or prostate cancer: Prevalence and prognosis. A population‐based study
Cancer 2023cited by 8position: middledoi
Higher Incidence of Diabetes in Cancer Patients Compared to Cancer-Free Population Controls: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Cancers 2022cited by 34position: middledoi
Correction to: Cancer-Related Fatigue: Causes and Current Treatment Options
Current Treatment Options in Oncology 2022cited by 14position: firstdoi
Change Toward Healthier Lifestyles Is Associated With Better Health-Related Quality of Life in Long-Term Colorectal Cancer Survivors
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2022cited by 11position: middledoi
Clinical and sociodemographic determinants of disease-specific health-related quality of life in long-term breast cancer survivors
Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology 2022cited by 8position: middledoi
Clinical and sociodemographic determinants of disease-specific health-related quality of life in long-term breast cancer survivors
Research Square 2022cited by 2position: middledoi
Prevalence of benefit finding and posttraumatic growth in long-term cancer survivors: results from a multi-regional population-based survey in Germany
British Journal of Cancer 2021cited by 47position: middledoi
Health-Related Quality of Life in Very Long-Term Cancer Survivors 14–24 Years Post-Diagnosis Compared to Population Controls: A Population-Based Study
Cancers 2021cited by 26position: middledoi
Identifying classes of the pain, fatigue, and depression symptom cluster in long-term prostate cancer survivors—results from the multi-regional Prostate Cancer Survivorship Study in Switzerland (PROCAS)
Supportive Care in Cancer 2021cited by 23position: middledoi
Comorbidities, Rather Than Older Age, Are Strongly Associated With Higher Utilization of Healthcare in Colorectal Cancer Survivors
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network 2021cited by 18position: firstdoi
Distress mediates the relationship between cognitive appraisal of medical care and benefit finding/posttraumatic growth in long‐term cancer survivors
Cancer 2021cited by 9position: middledoi
Health and life insurance-related problems in very long-term cancer survivors in Germany: a population-based study
Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology 2021cited by 3position: firstdoi
Cancer-Related Fatigue: Causes and Current Treatment Options
Current Treatment Options in Oncology 2020cited by 424position: firstdoi
The relationship between posttraumatic growth and health-related quality of life in adult cancer survivors: A systematic review
Journal of Affective Disorders 2020cited by 91position: middledoi
Age‐specific prevalence and determinants of depression in long‐term breast cancer survivors compared to female population controls
Cancer Medicine 2020cited by 37position: middledoi
Physical activity and long-term fatigue among colorectal cancer survivors – a population-based prospective study
BMC Cancer 2020cited by 15position: middledoi
Association of laparoscopic colectomy versus open colectomy on the long-term health-related quality of life of colon cancer survivors
Surgical Endoscopy 2020cited by 8position: firstdoi
Health-related quality of life in long-term disease-free breast cancer survivors versus female population controls in Germany
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 2019cited by 59position: middledoi
Age-specific health-related quality of life in long-term and very long-term colorectal cancer survivors versus population controls – a population-based study
Acta Oncologica 2019cited by 48position: firstdoi

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Frequent collaborators

Volker Arndt · German Cancer Research Center32 papers (2018–2025)Hermann Brenner · Stanford University21 papers (2018–2025)Lena Koch‐Gallenkamp · German Cancer Research Center19 papers (2018–2025)Daniela Doege · German Cancer Research Center19 papers (2018–2025)Sylke Ruth Zeißig · University of Würzburg18 papers (2018–2025)Annika Waldmann · University of Tübingen18 papers (2018–2025)Heike Bertram · DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance18 papers (2018–2025)Andrea Eberle · Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS18 papers (2018–2025)Bernd Holleczek · Krebsregister Saarland15 papers (2018–2025) · 13 papers (2018–2025)Lina Jansen · Krebsregister Baden-Württemberg11 papers (2019–2023)Alice Nennecke · University Cancer Center Hamburg9 papers (2021–2025) · 7 papers (2018–2019)Zhunzhun Liu · Nantong University6 papers (2020–2025)Linda Weißer · Heidelberg University5 papers (2021–2023)Michael Hoffmeister · Festo (Germany)4 papers (2020–2022)Jenny Chang‐Claude · Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec4 papers (2020–2022)Floortje Mols · Tilburg University3 papers (2013–2019)Lonneke V. van de Poll‐Franse · Netherlands Cancer Institute-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital3 papers (2013–2019)Salome Adam · University of Zurich3 papers (2019–2021)