Klingenstein A, Samel C, Garip-Kuebler A, et al. - In patients with uveal melanoma, researchers evaluated quality of life (QoL) status through the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) distress thermometer as a psychooncological screening tool. Between 04/2018 and 12/2018, 106 consecutive patients suffering from uveal melanoma completed the distress thermometer. The NCCN distress thermometer was well incorporated into the clinical routine and proved to be a rapid but sensible screening tool for emotional and physical distress in uveal melanoma patients. Patients with higher T-category or patients with lower best corrected visual acuity levels should be given special consideration. As in patients with different tumor entities, for patients with uveal melanoma, the established distress threshold of ≥ 5 proposing intervention proved adequate.