Mental Health Disorders are More Common in Colorectal Cancer Survivors and Associated With Decreased Overall Survival.

CONCLUSIONS: CRC survivors are at increased risk for mental health disorders in the short-term and long-term. Survivors who develop mental health disorders also experience decreased survival.
PMID: 30844850 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Clinical Colorectal Cancer - March 4, 2019 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Lloyd S, Baraghoshi D, Tao R, Garrido-Laguna I, Gilcrease GW, Whisenant J, Weis JR, Scaife C, Pickron TB, Huang LC, Monroe MM, Abdelaziz S, Fraser AM, Smith KR, Deshmukh V, Newman M, Rowe KG, Snyder J, Samadder NJ, Hashibe M Tags: Am J Clin Oncol Source Type: research