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Increased Risk of Suicide After Lung Cancer Diagnosis

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

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Elizabeth Hlavinka

Within a year after a diagnosis of lung cancer the suicide rate for such patients is 6 times higher than in the general population. This is among the greatest increases in the risk of suicide among all cancer diagnoses.

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