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Psychological distress was assessed using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 questionnaire, and QoL was evaluated using the WHO Quality of Life-BREF questionnaire at baseline (before chemotherapy) and after three and six cycles of chemotherapy. Linear mixed models with first-order autoregressive covariance were used to account for within-patient correlation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Psychological distress worsened over time, with anxiety and stress increasing significantly. QoL declined across all domains, with physical health scores decreasing from 57.99 to 46.71 and psychological health from 54.48 to 43.00. Regression analysis demonstrated an inverse relationship between distress and QoL, with distress explaining 41.74% of QoL variance at baseline and 44.01% at the final assessment. 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