Rates Of Breast Cancer Appear To Be Higher In Women With Schizophrenia

Medscape (3/7, Yasgur) reports, “Rates of breast cancer are higher in women with schizophrenia than in women in the general population,” researchers concluded in a meta-analysis, the findings of which were published online March 7 in JAMA Psychiatry.

Psychiatric News (3/7) points out that 12 “cohort studies that included 125,760 women were included in the meta-analysis.” Healio (3/7, Demko) also covers the story.

Related Links:

— “Women With Schizophrenia May Be at Greater Risk of Breast Cancer, Meta-Analysis Finds,” Psychiatric News, March 7, 2018.

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