Suicide among cancer patients

Cancer patients are at an increased risk of suicide: elderly, white, unmarried males with localized disease are at highest risk vs other cancer patients. Among those diagnosed at < 50 years of age, the plurality of suicides is from hematologic and testicular tumors; if > 50, from prostate, lun...

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Autores principales: Nicholas G. Zaorsky, Ying Zhang, Leonard Tuanquin, Shirley M. Bluethmann, Henry S. Park, Vernon M. Chinchilli
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/7ccd0c67a83e4858a5a5a95145d75387
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Sumario:Cancer patients are at an increased risk of suicide: elderly, white, unmarried males with localized disease are at highest risk vs other cancer patients. Among those diagnosed at < 50 years of age, the plurality of suicides is from hematologic and testicular tumors; if > 50, from prostate, lung, and colorectal cancer patients.