Reuters (1/24, Rapaport) reports that research suggests “a diagnosis with certain types of cancer can still be upsetting enough to increase a patient’s risk of suicide.” Investigators looked at “data on more than 4.6 million cancer patients, including 1,585 people who died by suicide within one year of their diagnosis.” The data indicated “this was a suicide rate about 2.5 times higher than what would be expected in the general population.” The findings were published online in the journal Cancer.
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— “Suicide risk rises in year following cancer diagnosis, “Lisa Rapaport, Reuters, January 24, 2019