Medical Xpress September 5, 2024
Higher suicide deaths are seen among cancer patients who do not undergo recommended surgery, according to a research letter published online Sept. 3 in JAMA Network Open.
Michael L. Chen, from Stanford University in California, and colleagues used the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program 17 Registries database (2000 to 2020) to investigate whether specific cancer treatment modalities are associated with suicide deaths. The analysis included 5.16 million patients with a first primary cancer diagnosis.
The researchers found that 0.1 percent of patients died by suicide. Among patients not undergoing surgery, suicide deaths were highest for pancreatic, esophageal, lung or bronchial, and stomach cancers. Standardized mortality ratios varied by surgical status, but increased suicide deaths were seen among patients who...
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