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Doctor urges health-care workers to be alert to suicide risk amongst cancer patients

A Canadian oncologist has urged doctors and other health-care professionals to be more aware of the potential risk of suicide among cancer patients and to offer extra support to the most vulnerable and their families. Analysis of 1.3 million American cancer patients (online Annals of Oncology Oct. 19) reveals suicide rate two to two and half times that of general population.

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