Anxiety, Depression May Predict Increased Medical Use In Individuals With Cancer

Healio (2/28) reports that research indicated “mood and adjustment disorders, such as anxiety and depression, predicted the number of outpatient visits, hospital admissions and days spent in the hospital for patients with breast or prostate cancer.” Additionally, “between 2007 and 2014, the incidence of mood and adjustment disorders increased from 21% to 28% among women with breast cancer and from 9% to 13% among men with prostate cancer.” The findings were scheduled to be presented at the Quality Care Symposium.

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— “Anxiety, depression predict increased medical use in patients with breast, prostate cancer,” Healio, February 28, 2017.

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