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Suicide among cancer patients

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  • Nicholas G. Zaorsky

    (Penn State Cancer Institute
    Penn State College of Medicine)

  • Ying Zhang

    (Penn State College of Medicine)

  • Leonard Tuanquin

    (Penn State Cancer Institute)

  • Shirley M. Bluethmann

    (Penn State College of Medicine)

  • Henry S. Park

    (Yale School of Medicine, Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale)

  • Vernon M. Chinchilli

    (Penn State College of Medicine)

Abstract

Our purpose is to identify cancer patients at highest risk of suicide compared to the general population and other cancer patients. This is a retrospective, population-based study using nationally representative data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program, 1973-2014. Among 8,651,569 cancer patients, 13,311 committed suicide; the rate of suicide was 28.58/ 100,000-person years, and the standardized mortality ratio (SMR) of suicide was 4.44 (95% CI, 4.33, 4.55). The predominant patients who committed suicide were male (83%) and white (92%). Cancers of the lung, head and neck, testes, bladder, and Hodgkin lymphoma had the highest SMRs ( > 5-10) through the follow up period. Elderly, white, unmarried males with localized disease are at highest risk vs other cancer patients. Among those diagnosed at 50, from prostate, lung, and colorectal cancer patients.

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  • Nicholas G. Zaorsky & Ying Zhang & Leonard Tuanquin & Shirley M. Bluethmann & Henry S. Park & Vernon M. Chinchilli, 2019. "Suicide among cancer patients," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-7, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-08170-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-08170-1
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    1. Kyle Mani & Daxuan Deng & Christine Lin & Ming Wang & Melinda L. Hsu & Nicholas G. Zaorsky, 2024. "Causes of death among people living with metastatic cancer," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-9, December.
    2. Guendalina Gentile & Stefano Tambuzzi & Raffaella Calati & Riccardo Zoja, 2022. "A Descriptive Cohort of Suicidal Cancer Patients: Analysis of the Autopsy Case Series from 1993 to 2019 in Milan (Italy)," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(2), pages 1-14, January.
    3. Luisa Hofmann & Michael Heinrich & Hansjörg Baurecht & Berthold Langguth & Peter M. Kreuzer & Helge Knüttel & Michael F. Leitzmann & Corinna Seliger, 2023. "Suicide Mortality Risk among Patients with Lung Cancer—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(5), pages 1-15, February.

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