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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Veröffentlicht in:	Cancer 2011-02, Vol.117 (3), p.446-448
1. Verfasser:	Greenberg, Donna B.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	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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Zusammenfassung:	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.
ISSN:	0008-543X 1097-0142 1097-0142
DOI:	10.1002/cncr.25419