Cancer may sigificantly increase risk of Suicide among elderly men above 75 years of age
It is well established that patients with cancer have a higher risk of suicide than the general population. A meta-analysis of data from over 22 million oncological patients estimated this risk to be 85 % higher than that of the general population
An Original article published in Maturitas entitled, “Risk of suicide in patients with cancer aged 75 years or more – Follow-up of over 400,000 individuals” highlighted that there is a higher risk of suicide among older men who are diagnosed with cancer.
According to this study, the team found the highest suicide risk in men with lymphoma, lung and kidney cancer.
It is already known that the elderly with a history of cancer are at higher risk of suicide. There needs to be more data available for a better understanding of risk factors.
In the present study, researchers identified groups at an increased risk of suicide among patients aged ≥75 years with a previous cancer diagnosis.
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