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Unseen Toll: Cancer Patients’ Spouses Face Higher Suicide Risk


 

SOURCE:

The study, led by Qianwei Liu, MD, PhD, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, and the accompanying editorial were published online in JAMA Oncology.

LIMITATIONS:

Residual confounding was one potential limitation, though the researchers tried to control for several important confounders. The result may not be generalizable to other countries with different healthcare systems, cultural contexts, or burdens of cancer and suicidal behaviors.

DISCLOSURES:

One coauthor reported receiving grants from Forte during the conduct of the study. Another coauthor

disclosed receiving grants from the Swedish Cancer Society. Additional disclosures are noted in the original article.

This article was created using several editorial tools, including AI, as part of the process. Human editors reviewed this content before publication. A version of this article first appeared on Medscape.com.

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