Depression Duplicates Danger Of Dying In Sick From Cancer

Serious depression doubles the risk of mortality in patients with cancer, disease as a thesis by scientists at the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Due to neglect and demoralization caused by the depression can stimulate an abandonment of treatments and medical advice.

For this study collaborated 195 sick with leukemia that between 1995 and 1998 a bone marrow transplant was performed this health center. After four interviews found that 10% of patients showed serious depression while 9% suffered minor depressive symptoms.

Makers of the study confirmed that next year succeeding bone marrow transplant patients with depression had 2.4 times higher risk of dying. Three years after undergoing the operation, the risk of mortality in patients with cancer and depression doubling.

The investigation checks that cancer patients suffering from depression survival rate is lower. Half of these patients continued to exist a year later, compared with 75 per cent that not suffering from depression. 30% Of patients with cancer and severe depression survived three years after the transplant, compared with 59% of patients free of depressive symptoms.

The presence of depression in patients with cancer weakens the capacity and power devices for the defence of the patient performance to address and combat the second disease. The neglect and pessimism affect patient for its cancer disease treatment.

Experts suggest increasing the early discovery of depression in patients with cancer disease, also indicate proper treatment of depression may reduce mortality by cancer disease. In any case, the use of antidepressants does not increase the risk of cancer but it potentially reduces.



 

   

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