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Cancer patients at high suicide risk

womans face.jpgImproved survival following cancer treatments has heightened the need for developing better understanding of the issues surrounding cancer survivorship and quality of life. The majority of previous studies on suicide and depression have focused on terminally ill patients, with little work undertaken into broader cancer populations, including patients likely to be long term survivors.

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