The facets of psychopathology in patients with cancer: Cross-sectional and longitudinal network analyses

•We examined psychopathology in cancer with longitudinal network analysis.•Assessed depression, anxiety, hostility, somatic symptoms of 1108 cancer patients.•Faintness, weakness, chest pain and dyspnoea were connected with distress.•Depression and hostility symptoms were connected with suicidal and death thoughts.•Sadness, irritability, nervousness, and tension predicted each other over 3 months.