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Support is vital following diagnosis

2/23/2010

Prostate cancer diagnosis can increase a man’s risk of cardiovascular and suicidal death, thus highlighting the importance of support following diagnosis.

A new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute reveals that a prostate cancer diagnosis can increase a man’s risk of cardiovascular and suicidal death, particularly right after diagnosis.

Researchers from the Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School used information gathered from over 340,000 prostate cancer patients between 1979 and 2004 and compared the risks. According to information collected, men were at a significantly increased risk of suicide within the first month following diagnosis, particularly if diagnosed with metastatic disease.

As the study is quick to point out, elevated suicide risks were more common before PSA testing was common (1979-1986) and not since PSA testing has been wide spread. Researchers believe that this observation is likely due to a lower degree of stress associated with a slow developing prostate cancer diagnosis.

Researchers believe that “suicide and cardiovascular death reflect only the tip of the iceberg of anxiety, mood disturbance, and perhaps other mental illness (or suffering) after a prostate cancer diagnosis…our study suggests the potential importance of providing emotional counseling and support for patients newly diagnosed with cancer. It also adds to the increasingly complex scenario of pros and cons of extensive PSA testing, which entails detection of large numbers of nonlethal prostate cancers.”

This article sheds a very important light on the importance of support during and after a prostate cancer diagnosis.

For more information on support resources and to locate a support group near you, please visit the Prostate Cancer Canada Network.

View a complete abstract of this article in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

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