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Depression Prompts Thoughts Of Death In Cancer Patients
By Depressed Jane | August 12, 2008
Cancer patients are three times more likely to think they would be “better off dead” or to contemplate suicide than the rest of the population - a Cancer Research UK study reports online today.* Patients were most likely to have these thoughts if they had substantial pain and particularly if they had serious emotional distress. The study highlights the need for more
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