HealthDay (11/13, Preidt) reports that a study published online Nov. 12 in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery suggests that patients with head and neck cancer patients may have a higher risk for suicide. Investigators looked at data on more than 350,000 US patients with head and neck cancer. Among these individuals, “857 died by suicide.” The researchers “found that the suicide rate among head and neck cancer patients was three times higher than in the general population.” The data also indicated that “suicide rates were higher among patients treated with radiation alone compared to surgery alone.”
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— “ead, Neck Cancer Patients May Be at Higher Risk for Suicide: Study,” Robert Preidt, HealthDay, November 12, 2015.