The latest version of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network's Distress Thermometer and Problem List is available for free in more than 70 languages.
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., May 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®)—an alliance of leading cancer centers—announces that the latest version of the NCCN Distress Thermometer and Problem List, a rapid validated screening tool (0-10 scale) is available in more than 70 languages to identify and address patient distress. Cancer care providers can quickly and effectively screen patients for mental, physical, social, or spiritual concerns that may make it harder to cope with having cancer, its symptoms, or its treatment using this one-page tool.
People worldwide can visit NCCN.org/distress-thermometer for free access to the NCCN Distress Thermometer Screening Tool in available languages. NCCN also provides free resources to guide care providers on managing distress, as well as a newly-updated version for patients and caregivers with easy-to-understand language, pictures, and glossary, thanks to funding from the NCCN Foundation®.
"Mental Health Awareness Month, every May, serves as an important reminder of how social-emotional wellbeing can impact people with cancer," said Crystal S. Denlinger, MD, Chief Executive Officer, NCCN. "High-quality cancer care means treating the entire person, identifying and addressing any practical or psychological concerns that come up. We keep the NCCN Distress Thermometer and Problem List current in dozens of different languages to help ensure everyone has access to the support they need."
The Distress Thermometer was downloaded nearly 7,000 times around the world in 2025, most-frequently in Germany, Brazil, India, China, and Switzerland.
A research abstract presented during the NCCN 2026 Annual Conference, and now available at JNCCN.org, by Babayan et. al., validated the translated NCCN Distress Thermometer as a helpful and culturally-appropriate tool for identifying psychological distress in Armenian-speaking patients. The findings support integrating its use in order to enhance cancer care. The NCCN Distress Thermometer was previously confirmed to be an effective gauge for distress through an independent, peer-reviewed study across 25 countries, published in Psycho-Oncology in 2022.
The full list of languages available, in addition to English, include:
| - Afrikaans
- Albanian
- Amharic
- Arabic
- Armenian
- Bengali/Bangla
- Bulgarian
- Burmese
- Catalan
- Chinese *
- Croatian
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- Estonian
- Finnish
- French *
- Galician
- Georgian
- German
- Greek
- Hausa
- Hebrew
| - Hindi
- Hmong
- Hungarian
- Icelandic
- Igbo
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Javanese
- Khmer
- Korean
- Kurdish
- Latvian/Lettish
- Lithuanian
- Macedonian
- Malay
- Malayalam
- Marathi
- Nepali
- Norwegian
- Oromo
- Persian
- Polish
| - Portuguese *
- Punjabi
- Romanian
- Russian
- Serbian
- Slovak
- Slovenian
- Somali
- Spanish *
- Swahili
- Swedish
- Tagalog
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Thai
- Turkish
- Ukrainian
- Urdu
- Vietnamese
- Yoruba
- Zulu
|
- Afrikaans
- Albanian
- Amharic
- Arabic
- Armenian
- Bengali/Bangla
- Bulgarian
- Burmese
- Catalan
- Chinese *
- Croatian
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- Estonian
- Finnish
- French *
- Galician
- Georgian
- German
- Greek
- Hausa
- Hebrew
- Hindi
- Hmong
- Hungarian
- Icelandic
- Igbo
- Indonesian
- Italian
- Japanese
- Javanese
- Khmer
- Korean
- Kurdish
- Latvian/Lettish
- Lithuanian
- Macedonian
- Malay
- Malayalam
- Marathi
- Nepali
- Norwegian
- Oromo
- Persian
- Polish
- Portuguese *
- Punjabi
- Romanian
- Russian
- Serbian
- Slovak
- Slovenian
- Somali
- Spanish *
- Swahili
- Swedish
- Tagalog
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Thai
- Turkish
- Ukrainian
- Urdu
- Vietnamese
- Yoruba
- Zulu
* Indicates multiple versions of the language available.
The NCCN Distress Thermometer is a key element of the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) for Distress Management. It is part of a comprehensive library of evidence-based, expert consensus-driven guidelines maintained by more than 2,000 multidisciplinary specialists covering many types of cancer, as well as topics like pain, fatigue, smoking cessation, and survivorship. There are currently 91 NCCN Guidelines® in all, featuring best practices for supportive care, plus screening, prevention, and treatment for nearly every type of cancer.
There are more than 90 global adaptations of the NCCN Guidelines and over 180 translations, with nearly half of all registered users for NCCN.org based outside the United States. Learn more about NCCN's various resources for improving international cancer care by visiting NCCN.org/global.
About the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) is a not-for-profit alliance of leading cancer centers devoted to patient care, research, and education. NCCN is dedicated to defining and advancing quality, effective, equitable, and accessible cancer care and prevention so all people can live better lives. The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) provide transparent, evidence-based, expert consensus-driven recommendations for cancer treatment, prevention, and supportive services; they are the recognized standard for clinical direction and policy in cancer management and the most thorough and frequently-updated clinical practice guidelines available in any area of medicine. The NCCN Guidelines for Patients® provide expert cancer treatment information to inform and empower patients and caregivers, through support from the NCCN Foundation®. NCCN also advances continuing education, global initiatives, policy, and research collaboration and publication in oncology. Visit NCCN.org for more information.
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Rachel Darwin
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NCCN Affirms Commitment to Cancer-Related Distress Resources Worldwide During Mental Health Awareness Month
NCCN Affirms Commitment to Cancer-Related Distress Resources Worldwide During Mental Health Awareness Month
Eaton doubles down on industry‑academia collaboration with S$3 million sponsorship across STDCT 1.0 and 2.0
SINGAPORE, May 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Eaton, an intelligent power management company, today announced an expanded collaboration with the Sustainable Tropical Data Centre Testbed (STDCT) – a programme led by the National University of Singapore (NUS), committing about S$3 million across STDCT Phase 1 and Phase 2 to accelerate the validation of AI-driven, high-density data centre power architectures optimized for tropical environments.
Eaton's participation began at the inception of Phase 1 of the testbed in 2022 and has been an active participant since then, contributing installed equipment and engineering expertise to ongoing trials. This year, the company is deepening its commitment with a new sponsorship for Phase 2 of STDCT, advancing its involvement from component supply toward integrated, modular power solutions designed for GPU-powered workloads and next-generation deployments.
Phase 2 will validate Data Centre-Call for Application (DC-CFA) 2.0 at utility scale and gather long-term operational and sustainability performance data for containerized power systems. The programme will operate as a living testbed that connects academic research, industry innovation and commercial deployment, generating operational and sustainability performance data to inform future designs and standards.
"Our early engagement with STDCT has allowed Eaton to help shape how power architectures evolve for AI-scale workloads," said Jimmy Yam, Vice-President and General Manager, Electrical Sector, East Asia, Eaton. "Validating containerized, modular power systems in real tropical operating conditions gives operators real-world references to reduce technical and commercial risk on complex, high-density projects while advancing sustainability outcomes."
"STDCT 2.0 is a living, utility-scale translational platform that bridges academic research, industry validation and real-world deployment," said Professor Lee Poh Seng, Programme Director of STDCT and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the College of Design and Engineering at NUS. "Continued participation from partners such as Eaton strengthens our ability to test, validate and translate practical solutions for more sustainable, resilient and AI-ready tropical data centre operations."
As part of this programme, Eaton will showcase a 2.5-megawatt (MW) medium voltage solid state transformer (MVSST) container at Data Centre World 2026 to gather market feedback, and the container will then be installed at Jurong Island for live trials and detailed data collection. Outcomes from the trials will be shared with consortium members through technical workshops and reports to inform design choices for hyperscalers, colocation operators and regional players.
The STDCT 2.0 facility will be sited on Jurong Island, Singapore's national hub for low-carbon innovation, providing proximity to energy and industrial partners and reinforcing the testbed's role within Singapore's broader low-carbon innovation ecosystem.
About Eaton
Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to protecting the environment and improving the quality of life for people everywhere. We make products for the data center, utility, industrial, commercial and institutional, machine building, residential, aerospace and mobility markets. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power ─ today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we're helping to solve the world's most urgent power management challenges and building a more sustainable society for people today and generations to come.
Founded in 1911, Eaton has continuously evolved to meet the changing and expanding needs of our stakeholders. With revenues of $27.4 billion in 2025, the company serves customers in 180 countries. Eaton entered the Asia-Pacific market during the 1970s and has grown significantly since then. Eaton moved its Asia-Pacific headquarters from Hong Kong to Shanghai in 2004. Today, Eaton has nearly 19,000 employees and 34 manufacturing facilities in the Asia-Pacific region.
For more information, visit www.eaton.com. Follow us on LinkedIn.
About the Sustainable Tropical Data Centre Testbed (STDCT 2.0)
The Sustainable Tropical Data Centre Testbed (STDCT) is a joint research initiative led by the National University of Singapore (NUS) and hosted by its College of Design and Engineering, in collaboration with leading industry partners.
STDCT 2.0 focuses on developing energy-efficient data centre designs that can operate reliably in tropical climates. The programme serves as a live testbed to evaluate, validate, and deploy sustainable innovations that reduce energy and water consumption while supporting dense, AI-driven operations.
For more information, visit https://cde.nus.edu.sg/stdct/
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Eaton to power next-gen AI-ready data centres in the tropics through expanded collaboration with NUS-led Sustainable Tropical Data Centre Testbed
