Professor Susanne Singer, PhD MSc

Bonifatius Towers, A
18th floor, room 18.14

T: ++49 6131 17 5835
 susanne.singer@uni-mainz.de

 

 

 

Research areas

• Outpatient psychotherapy
• Evidence based medicine and psychotherapy
• Quality of Life of cancer patients
• Mental health in cancer patients
• Mental health care for cancer patients
• Psychoanalysis
• Social Epidemiology

 

 

Publications

An overview of papers published can be found here.

Some recent papers:

• Singer S, Riccetti R, Hempler I, et al. Awareness and use of psychosocial care among cancer patients and their relatives—a comparison of people with and without a migration background in Germany. J Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology. 2022; DOI: 10.1007/s00432-022-04091-1.
• Dayan D, Leinert E, Singer S, et al. Association of social service counseling in breast cancer patients with financial problems, role functioning and employment—results from the prospective multicenter BRENDA II study, Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 2022; DOI: 10.1007/s00404-022-06604-2
• Singer S, Maier L, Paserat A, et al. Waiting times for psychotherapy before and after the reform of the psychotherapy law in Germany. Psychotherapeut. 2022; DOI: 10.1007/s00278-021-00551-0.
• Engesser D, Krauß O, Briest S, Stolzenburg J-U, Singer S. Mehr als Inhalte: Was KrebspatientInnen bei professioneller psychosozialer Unterstützung wichtig ist. Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol, 2022; DOI: 10.1055/a-1685-0888
• Singer S, Kojima E, Deppisch L, et al. What is the best time for psychosocial counselling from the perspective of cancer patients and their relatives? A multi-centre qualitative study. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 2022.
• Singer S, Hammerlid E, Tomaszewska IM, et al. Methodological approach for determining the Minimal Important Difference and Minimal Important Change scores for the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Head and Neck Cancer Module (EORTC QLQ-HN43) exemplified by the Swallowing scale. Quality of Life Research. 2022;epub ahead: 10.1007/s11136-021-02939-6.
• Eichler M, Singer S, Hentschel L, et al. Health Related Quality of Life is a prognostic factor for 1-year-survival in sarcoma patients - Results of a Nationwide Observational Study (PROSa). British Journal of Cancer. 2022;DOI: 10.1038/s41416-022-01702-z.
• Amdal CD, Pe M, Falk RS, et al. Health-related quality of life issues, including symptoms, in patients with active COVID-19 or post COVID-19; a systematic literature review. Quality of Life Research. 2021;30:3367–3381.
• Singer S, Sievers L, Linn L-M, Janke J, Dietsch L, Negwer V. What is considered to be emotional suffering by psychotherapy patients and their therapists in Eastern versus Western Germany? A mixed-methods study. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 2021;21(2):448-458.
• Brehaut, E., Neupane, D., Levis, B., Wu, Y., Sun, Y., Krishnan, A. et al. (2020). Depression Prevalence using the HADS-D Compared to SCID Major Depression Classification: an Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 139, 110256.
• den Hollander, D., van der Graaf, W. T. A., Fiore, M., Kasper, B., Singer, S., Desar, I. M. E. et al. (2020). Unravelling the heterogeneity of soft tissue and bone sarcoma patients' health-related quality of life: a systematic literature review with focus on tumour location. ESMO Open, 5, e000914-doi: 10.1136/esmoopen-2020-000914.
• Chan, V. F., Singer, S., & Naidoo, K. S. (2020). Disability-related-distress in primary school learners with vision impairment due to uncorrected refractive error in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa - a qualitative study. PLOS ONE, 15, e0229108.
• Locati, L., Galbiati, D., Calareso, G., Alfieri, S., Singer, S., Cavalieri, S. et al. (2020). Adenoid cystic carcinomas of the salivary glands treated with lenvatinib: activity and quality of life. Cancer, 126, 1894.
• Wu, Y., Levis, B., Sun, Y., Krishnan, A., He, C., Riehm, K. E. et al. (2020). Probability of Major Depression Diagnostic Classification Based on the SCID, CIDI and MINI Diagnostic Interviews Controlling for Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale - Depression Subscale Scores: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis of 73 Primary Studies. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 129, Article Number: 109892.
• Eichler, M., Hechtner, M., Wehler, B., Buhl, R., Stratmann, J., Sebastian, M. et al. (2019). Use of psychosocial services by lung cancer survivors in Germany. Results of a German multicenter study (LARIS). Strahlentherapie und Onkologie, 195, 1018-1027.
• Hechtner, M., Eichler, M., Wehler, B., Buhl, R., Sebastian, M., Stratmann, J. et al. (2019). Quality of life in NSCLC survivors - a multicenter cross-sectional study. Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 14, 420-435
• Niedeggen, C., Singer, S., Groth, M., Petermann-Meyer, A., Röth, A., Schrezenmeier, H. et al. (2019). Design and Development of a Disease Specific Quality of Life Tool for Patients with Aplastic Anemia and/or Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (QLQ-AA/PNH) - Report on Phase III. Annals of Hematology, 98, 1547-1559.
• Scholtes, C., Baust, K., Weinhold, L., Creutzig, U., Gnekow, A., Hinz, A. et al. (2019). Health status, Health-Related Quality of Life and Socio-economic Outcome in Childhood Brain Tumor Survivors: a German Cohort Study. Neuro-Oncology, 21, 1069-1081.
• Singer S, Amdal, C. et al. International validation of the revised European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Head and Neck Cancer Module, the EORTC QLQ-HN43: Phase IV Head Neck. 2019; 41: 1725-1737
• Singer S, Roick J, Meixensberger J, Schiefke F, Briest S, Dietz A, Papsdorf K, Mössner J, Berg T, Stolzenburg JU, Niederwieser D, Keller A, Kersting A, Danker H. The effects of multi-disciplinary psycho-social care on socio-economic problems in cancer patients: a cluster-randomized trial. Support Care Cancer. 2018 Jun;26(6):1851-1859
• Hechtner M, Krause M, König J, Appold S, Hornemann B, Singer S, Baumann M. Long-term quality of life in inoperable non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with conventionally fractionated compared to hyperfractionated accelerated radiotherapy - Results of the randomized CHARTWEL trial. Radiother Oncol. 2018 Feb;126(2):283-290
• Singer S, Danker H, Roick J, Einenkel J, Briest S, Spieker H, Dietz A, Hoffmann I, Papsdorf K, Meixensberger J, Mössner J, Schiefke F, Dietel A, Wirtz H, Niederwieser D, Berg Th, Kersting A (2017). Effects of stepped psycho-oncological care on referral to psychosocial services and emotional well-being in cancer patients: A cluster-randomised phase III trial. Psychooncology. 2017 Oct;26(10):1675-1683
• Singer S, Kojima E, Beckerle J, Kleining B, Schneider E, Reuter K (2017). Practice requirements for psychotherapeutic treatment of cancer patients in the outpatient setting-A survey among certified psychotherapists in Germany. Psychooncology. 26(8):1093-1098
• Singer S, Jordan S, Locati LD, Pinto M, Tomaszewska IM, Araújo C, Hammerlid E, Vidhubala E, Husson O, Kiyota N, Brannan C, Salem D, Gamper EM, Arraras JI, Ioannidis G, Andry G, Inhestern J, Grégoire V, Licitra L; EORTC Quality of Life Group, the EORTC Head and Neck Cancer Group, and the EORTC Endocrine Task Force (2017). The EORTC module for quality of life in patients with thyroid cancer: phase III. Endocr Relat Cancer. 24(4):197-207
• Singer S, Bartels M, Briest S, Einenkel J, Niederwieser D, Papsdorf K, Stolzenburg JU, Künstler S, Taubenheim S., Krauß O. (2017) Socio-economic disparities in long-term cancer survival-10 year follow-up with individual patient data. Support Care Cancer. 25(5):1391-1399
• Singer S, Roick J, Briest S, Stark S, Gockel I, Boehm A, Papsdorf K, Meixensberger J, Müller T, Prietzel T, Schiefke F, Dietel A, Bräunlich J, Danker H (2016). Impact of socio-economic position on cancer stage at presentation: Findings from a large hospital-based study in Germany. Int J Cancer. 139(8):1696-702
• Singer S., Meyer A., Wienholz S., Briest S., Brown A., Dietz A., Binder H., Jonas S., Papsdorf K., Stolzenburg JU., Köhler U., Raßler J., Zwerenz R., Schröter K., Mehnert A., Löbner M., König HH., Riedel-Heller SG. (2014) Early retirement in cancer patients with or without comorbid mental health conditions: A prospective cohort study. Cancer 120, 2199-2206
• Jung S., Wiedemann R., Höhl HU., Kusch M., Singer S. (2014). Zeit- und Personalaufwand für stationäre psychoonkologisch-psychotherapeutische Versorgung. PPmP 64, 54-62
• Singer S, Langendijk JA, Yarom N (2013) Assessing and Improving Quality of Life in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer. ASCO Educational Book 230-235
• Singer S, Szalai C, Briest S, Brown A, Dietz A, Einenkel J, Jonas S, Konnopka A, Papsdorf K, Langanke D, Löbner M, Schiefke F, Stolzenburg J-U, Weimann A, Wirtz H, König HH, Riedel-Heller SG (2013) Comorbid mental health conditions in cancer patients at working age - prevalence, risk profiles, and care uptake. Psychooncology 22, 2291–2297.
• Singer S., Brown A., Einenkel J., Hauss J., Hinz A., Klein A., Papsdorf K., Stolzenburg J.U., & Brahler E. (2011) Identifying tumor patients' depression. Supportive Care in Cancer 19, 1697-1703.
• Singer S., Das-Munshi J., & Brahler E. (2010) Prevalence of mental health conditions in cancer patients in acute care-a meta-analysis. Annals of Oncology 21, 925-930.
• Singer S., Kuhnt S., Gotze H., Hauss J., Hinz A., Liebmann A., Krauss O., Lehmann A., & Schwarz R. (2009) Hospital anxiety and depression scale cutoff scores for cancer patients in acute care. British Journal of Cancer 100, 908-912.