HealthDay (1/19, Mundell) reports that while the overall suicide rate in the US has been increasing, researchers at the American Cancer Society found that the suicide rate among people with cancer is decreasing. The researchers “tracked national data on causes of death among Americans for the years 1999 through 2018” and found “a decreasing trend of cancer-related suicide during the past two decades.” The researchers also found that the most common types of cancer among people with cancer who died by suicide were lung cancer, prostate cancer, and colon cancer. The findings were published in JNCI: The Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
MedPage Today (1/19, Lawrence) also covers the study.
Related Links:
— “Fewer U.S. Cancer Patients Are Dying From Suicide, Study Finds “Ernie Mundell, HealthDay, January 19, 2021