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By User 231 – August 28, 2008

The study was led by Stephanie Misono, a resident in the UW Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery.

 

The study looked at data between 1973 and 2002 from the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program, and health statistics data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The researchers found that the suicide rate for cancer patients was 31.4 per 100,000 people per year, compared with 16.7 per 100,000 among the general population.

 

Higher rates of suicide were associated with patients being men, or white, or being older at their time of diagnosis. Patients with lung, stomach, oral/pharyngeal, and larynx cancers had the highest risk among those with cancer.

 

 

 

 

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  1. There were three studies this month alone regarding suicide and suicidal ideation in cancer patients in peer reviewed journals

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    By User 231 – August 28, 2008
    This is a topic that is under recognized and although the rates are not as high as in other categories of people, family and physicians should be aware of this increased risk.
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  2. Interesting

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    By David E – August 28, 2008
    definitely something that the oncology segment should be tracking no doubt
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