Suicidality among adult survivors of childhood cancer: A report from the St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study
Cancer Sep 26, 2020
Lubas MM, Salehabadi SM, Lavecchia J, et al. - In view of the previous studies reporting an elevated risk of suicide ideation among survivors of childhood cancer, researchers sought to assess suicide mortality for all potentially eligible survivors (those aged ≥ 18 years who were ≥ 5 years after their cancer diagnosis; 7,312 survivors). Further, they sought risk factors for acute suicidal ideation among clinically evaluated survivors (3,096 survivors) and compared the prevalence of acute ideation with that of community controls (429 individuals). Risk of ideation was similar for survivors of childhood cancer vs the general population, but survivors had a lower risk of suicidal behaviors and mortality. Depression, anxiety, and financial stress were identified to be risk factors associated with suicidal ideation. Although the risk of suicidality was not greater among adult survivors of childhood cancer vs the general population, psychosocial care in survivorship remains essential.
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