The signal of suicide rates seen from a distance in patients with pancreatic cancer

Although suicide is rare in patients with pancreatic cancer, the higher rate of suicide signals that the anguish of clinical depression is common. Older men, more alone, with a history of substance abuse and depression, soon after diagnosis, are more at risk for suicide; attention to psychiatric syn...

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Published inCancer Vol. 117; no. 3; pp. 446 - 448
Main Author Greenberg, Donna B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.02.2011
Subjects
Adenocarcinoma - mortality
Adenocarcinoma - psychology
Antidepressive Agents - therapeutic use
Cancer
depression
Depressive Disorder - complications
Depressive Disorder - diagnosis
Depressive Disorder - drug therapy
Historical account
Humans
pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic Neoplasms - psychology
Risk
substance abuse
suicide
Suicide - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:Although suicide is rare in patients with pancreatic cancer, the higher rate of suicide signals that the anguish of clinical depression is common. Older men, more alone, with a history of substance abuse and depression, soon after diagnosis, are more at risk for suicide; attention to psychiatric syndromes is an integral part of cancer care.
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See related original article on pages 642‐7, this issue.
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ISSN:0008-543X
1097-0142
1097-0142
DOI:10.1002/cncr.25419