Lung cancer side effects

Lung cancer is a major disease nowadays, According to the researchers, they said that Men diagnosed with lung cancer had a nine-fold increased risk of suicides.

Coming to details, It is the highest compared to breast, prostate, colorectal cancer. The study shows that the overall suicide rate in patients with any kind of cancer, compared to the general population, was 60 per cent higher.

While the highest risk of suicide was seen in patients with lung cancer, the lowest risk was seen in patients with breast cancer and prostate cancer (20 percent higher).For patients with colorectal cancer, the risk was 40 percent higher.

The increased risk was particularly in older patients, widowed, males, and patients with unfavourable tumour characteristics, the researchers said.

"We wanted to see what the impact of one of the life’s most stressful events is on patients," said researcher.

"Most clinicians don't think about suicide risk in cancer patients. This study may change that by making us more aware of those at greatest risk of suicide so that this catastrophe in the care of our patients doesn’t happen," Rahouma said.