“…Several studies have reported considerably high levels of anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder ( Beaty et al, 2018 ; Chen et al, 2020b , 2021 ; Sigorski et al, 2020 ; Swainston et al, 2020 ; Ayubi et al, 2021 ; Yasin, 2021 ), and increased emotional vulnerability ( Pigozzi et al, 2021 ). In some cases, respondents were cancer patients undergoing treatment at the time of the study ( Sigorski et al, 2020 ; Chen et al, 2021 ), but active treatment status was not always among the inclusion criteria (e.g., Swainston et al, 2020 ; Yasin, 2021 ). The vast majority of surveys were administered online and assessed patients’ psychological health ( Chen et al, 2020b ; Romito et al, 2020 ; Sigorski et al, 2020 ; Swainston et al, 2020 ; Yasin, 2021 ) and their fear of tumor progression ( Chen et al, 2020b ; Sigorski et al, 2020 ) during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.…”