April 4, 2012New England Journal of Medicine458 citations
View Full PaperSuicide and Cardiovascular Death after a Cancer Diagnosis
Structured PICO
Does a recent cancer diagnosis increase the risk of suicide and cardiovascular death compared to cancer-free persons?
P
Population
Patients who had recently received a cancer diagnosis
I
Intervention
Recent cancer diagnosis (exposure)
C
Comparator
Cancer-free persons
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Outcome
Suicide and death from cardiovascular causeshard clinical
A recent cancer diagnosis is associated with an increased risk of both suicide and cardiovascular death.
Abstract
In this large cohort study, patients who had recently received a cancer diagnosis had increased risks of both suicide and death from cardiovascular causes, as compared with cancer-free persons. (Funded by the Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research and others.).