Risk of suicide in cancer patients: nationwide cohort study
In cancer patients, suicide risk remained elevated for several years after diagnosis, but decreased over time and became similar to that of matched controls after 5 years. However, the temporal pattern varied by cancer type, and suicide risk remained high for patients with haematological cancers. Suicide risk screening is necessary from the time of cancer diagnosis, even in long-term survivors.
Authors
- Jung Eun Yoo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8344-6291)
- Ji Hyun An
- Kyungdo Han (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6096-1263)
- Dong Wook Shin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8128-8920)
- Jin‐Hyung Jung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8920-8777)
- Won-Young Jung
- Sang Eun Yoon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2472-8691)
Institutions
- Seoul National University (KR)
- Soongsil University (KR)
- Samsung (South Korea) (KR)
- Samsung Medical Center (KR)
- New Generation University College (ET)
- Seoul National University Hospital (KR)
- California University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Samsung (India) (IN)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Sungkyunkwan University (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-11-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2025.10384
- Primary Topic
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00