Depression and survival in head and neck cancer patients

Highlights • Nearly 19% of HNC patients had a depression diagnosis during the study period. • Pre-cancer depression was associated with 1.49 times greater hazard of cancer-specific mortality. • Post-cancer depression was associated with 1.38 times greater hazard of cancer-specific mortality. • Pre-c...

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Published inOral oncology Vol. 65; pp. 76 - 82
Main Authors Rieke, Katherine, Schmid, Kendra K, Lydiatt, William, Houfek, Julia, Boilesen, Eugene, Watanabe-Galloway, Shinobu
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2017
Subjects
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cancer
Depression
Depression - complications
Depression - diagnosis
Epidemiology
Head and neck cancer
Head and Neck Neoplasms - pathology
Head and Neck Neoplasms - psychology
Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine
Humans
Oncology
Otolaryngology
SEER Program
SEER-Medicare
Survival
SEER-Medicare
Depression
Head and neck cancer
Oncology
Survival
Epidemiology
Cancer
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Summary:Highlights • Nearly 19% of HNC patients had a depression diagnosis during the study period. • Pre-cancer depression was associated with 1.49 times greater hazard of cancer-specific mortality. • Post-cancer depression was associated with 1.38 times greater hazard of cancer-specific mortality. • Pre-cancer depression was associated with 1.55 times greater hazard of all-cause mortality. • Post-cancer depression was associated with 1.40 times greater hazard of all-cause mortality.
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ISSN:1368-8375
1879-0593
1879-0593
DOI:10.1016/j.oraloncology.2016.12.014