Suicide among cancer patients

Nicholas G. Zaorsky; Ying Zhang; Leonard Tuanquin; Shirley M. Bluethmann; Henry S. Park; Vernon M. Chinchilli

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-08170-1

Suicide among cancer patients

Nicholas G. Zaorsky, Ying Zhang, Leonard Tuanquin, Shirley M. Bluethmann, Henry S. Park, Vernon M. Chinchilli

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Our purpose is to identify cancer patients at highest risk of suicide compared to the general population and other cancer patients. This is a retrospective, population-based study using nationally representative data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program, 1973-2014. Among 8,651,569 cancer patients, 13,311 committed suicide; the rate of suicide was 28.58/ 100,000-person years, and the standardized mortality ratio (SMR) of suicide was 4.44 (95% CI, 4.33, 4.55). The predominant patients who committed suicide were male (83%) and white (92%). Cancers of the lung, head and neck, testes, bladder, and Hodgkin lymphoma had the highest SMRs (> 5-10) through the follow up period. Elderly, white, unmarried males with localized disease are at highest risk vs other cancer patients. Among those diagnosed at < 50 years of age, the plurality of suicides is from hematologic and testicular tumors; if > 50, from prostate, lung, and colorectal cancer patients.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	207
Journal	Nature communications
Volume	10
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08170-1
State	Published - Dec 1 2019

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