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Major depression and survival in people with cancer

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Objective The question of whether depression is associated with worse survival in people with cancer remains unanswered because of methodological criticism of the published research on the topic. We aimed to study the association in a large methodologically robust study. Methods We analysed data on 20,582 patients with breast, colorectal, gynaecological, lung and prostate cancers who had attended cancer outpatient clinics in Scotland, UK. Patients had completed two-stage screening for majo...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1097/psy.0000000000000942

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Psychiatry
Role:
Author
Publisher:
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Journal:
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Volume:
83
Issue:
5
Pages:
410-416
Publication date:
2021-04-28
Acceptance date:
2021-01-19
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EISSN:
1534-7796
ISSN:
0033-3174
Pmid:
33938501
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1176080
Local pid:
pubs:1176080
Deposit date:
2021-05-21

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