MedPage Today (3/28, Bassett) reports that patients with cancer “are at a particularly high risk of mental health disorders and suicide, two studies showed.” In one study, investigators found that patients with cancer “have nearly twice the risk of suicide compared with the general population, and about a 3.5 times greater risk if their cancers are known to have a poor prognosis.” The other study “showed that the high proportion of” patients with cancer “with psychological disorders subsequently have a higher risk of self-harm and mortality, compared with other patients with cancer.” The studies were published in Nature Medicine.
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