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ArticleInternational journal of colorectal disease2019

Suicide risk among colorectal cancer patients in Lithuania.

Audrius Dulskas, Ausvydas Patasius, Auguste Kaceniene, Vincas Urbonas, Giedre Smailyte

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Article in International journal of colorectal disease, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Audrius DulskasDepartment of Abdominal and General Surgery and Oncology, National Cancer Institute, 1 Santariskiu Str., LT-08406, Vilnius, Lithuania. audrius.dulskas@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3692-8962
Ausvydas PatasiusLaboratory of Cancer Epidemiology, National Cancer Institute, LT-08406, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Auguste KacenieneLaboratory of Cancer Epidemiology, National Cancer Institute, LT-08406, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Vincas UrbonasLaboratory of Clinical Oncology, Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Giedre SmailyteLaboratory of Cancer Epidemiology, National Cancer Institute, LT-08406, Vilnius, Lithuania.
National Cancer Institute · LTVilnius University · LTVilnius University of Applied Sciences · LT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWe aimed to estimate suicide risk among colorectal cancer patients in the country showing the highest suicide rates among developed countries.

methodsPatients with colorectal cancer diagnosed between 1998 and 2012 were identified from the Lithuanian Cancer Registry. Standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) for suicide were calculated for patients diagnosed with cancer in Lithuania, relative to suicide rates in the general population.

resultsTwenty thousand seven hundred sixty-five primary colorectal cancer cases diagnosed between 1998 and 2012 were extracted from the database. Among 19,409 first primary colorectal cancer patients, we identified 67 suicides and the expected number of suicides calculated from general population was 41.4 in this cohort, resulting in an SMR of 1.62 for both sexes (95% CI, 1.27-2.06). A higher suicide risk was found for women (SMR 2.15; 95% CI 1.35-3.41), than for men (SMR 1.48; 95% CI 1.12-1.96). The suicide risk was almost twice higher in patients 60 and older, with highest increase in the oldest patients (SMR 2.12, 95% CI 1.01-4.46). The risk of suicide was not significantly elevated in colorectal cancer patients with localised tumours, but there was a fourfold increase in risk in patients with stage IV tumours. Compared with the general population, the risk of suicide among colorectal cancer patients was four times higher during the first 3 months after diagnosis and decreased thereafter.

conclusionsThe patients with colorectal cancer have a higher rate of suicide compared with the general Lithuanian population. Sex, age, advanced rectal cancer and distant spread of disease were the main predictors of suicide among colorectal cancer patients.

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AgedAged, 80 and overColorectal NeoplasmsFemaleHumansLithuaniaMaleMiddle AgedRisk FactorsSuicideTime FactorsColorectal cancerPopulation-based studyPredictorsSuicide

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