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ArchivesDepression Can Hasten Cancer Death
Depressed patients with advanced cancer die sooner than those who are not depressed. The more serious the depression, the more likely they are to die prematurely.
Researchers in the United Kingdom screened cancer patients for depression using tests that were originally designed to diagnose depression in women after childbirth. They looked at feelings of worthlessness and sadness and thoughts of suicide, as well as measuring pain and cancer symptoms. They found a little less than one-third (29 percent) of advanced cancer patients were depressed. Six months later half of those identified patients who were still alive remained depressed. Continue reading…
Posted by Kate Murphy on August 10th, 2008
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Tags: depression, palliative care, survival
