One cancer is linked to highest suicide risk according to : CBS News

Despite this, many doctors don't consider suicide risk in cancer patients, Port said. Most of all, he said doctors treating lung cancer and other cancer patients can provide hope. They also found suicide rates were 40 percent higher than average among colorectal cancer patients, and 20 percent higher among those diagnosed with breast cancer or prostate cancer. The suicide rate among lung cancer patients stood out: it was more than four times higher than the general population. Suicide is more common among cancer patients, but a new study suggests people suffering from lung cancer are at a higher risk than those who struggle with other forms of the disease.




Drinking two cups of coffee a day lowers your risk by 35 per cent, while five cups cuts your risk of developing liver cancer in half, the study found. Drinking more coffee may help to stave off liver cancer, according to new researchWHAT IS HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA? Drinking more coffee may help stave off liver cancer, a new study suggests. Professor Peter Hayes, of the University of Edinburgh, added: 'We have shown that coffee reduces cirrhosis and also liver cancer in a dose-dependent manner. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that in 2015, 4,673 new cases of liver cancer were diagnosed in England.

Suicide risk is 4 times higher for lung cancer patients

And while any cancer diagnosis increased a person's risk of suicide by 60 percent, lung cancer quadrupled the risk. 'I think it's fair to say that most clinicians don't think about suicide risk in cancer patients. Lung cancer patients are four times more likely to suffer suicidal thoughts than patients diagnosed with any other form of the disease, a new study claims. Among lung cancer patients, Asians were seen to have a more than 13-fold risk in of suicide, while the number of male victims was nine times higher than the number of women. Suicide risk also increased if the patients were older, widowed, had refused surgical treatment and had an aggressive or hard-to-treat form of cancer.


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