Effects of depression and anxiety on mortality in a mixed cancer group: a longitudinal approach using standardised diagnostic interviews

Chan CM 1 , Wan Ahmad WA 2 , Yusof MM 3 , Ho GF 3 , Krupat E 4

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Medicine, University Malaya Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Clinical Oncology, University Malaya Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 4 Center for Evaluation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Psychooncology, 2015 Jun;24(6):718-25.
PMID: 25345781 DOI: 10.1002/pon.3714

Abstract

Distress and psychiatric morbidity in cancer patients are associated with poorer outcomes including mortality. In this study, we examined the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity and its association with cancer survival over time.

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