Subject	Psychology (Clinical)
Specific subject area	Mental health outcomes in oncological patients
Type of data	Tables Figures .xlsx file
How data were acquired	Data was gathered using a paper-pencil survey and converted into .xlsx format. Formal analyzes were performed using SPSS software, v.25.
Data format	Raw (upon request) Analyzed
Parameters for data collection	The target population of the survey consisted of individuals diagnosed with cancer, with an age above 18 years.
Description of data collection	A sample of 154 participants completed a paper-pencil survey, after providing written informed consent. They were recruited from various Italian Associations for cancer research and for support of people with cancer, where they filled the questionnaires in approximately 20 min. Privacy and anonymity were guaranteed.
Data source location	Region: Lazio, Tuscany Country: Italy
Data accessibility	The database is not publicly available due to privacy/ethical restrictions. The database linked to this paper can be made available to qualified researchers from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. The Data Use Agreement (DUA) is supplied with the article.
Related research article	A. Gori, E. Topino, A. Sette, H. Cramer, Pathways to post-traumatic growth in cancer patients: moderated mediation and single mediation analyses with resilience, personality, and coping strategies, J. Affect. Disord. 279 (2021) 692–700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.10.044