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A high suicide mortality risk has been documented among a population-based cohort of 27 123 cancer patients resident in central Italy where the general suicide rate is low. Forty-one suicides were observed (SMR = 2.36) which were only 0.2% of all deaths. However, the highest risk (SMR = 27.7) during the first 6 months after diagnosis, represents a greater contrast with the general population than has been observed in other studies.
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Crocetti, E., Arniani, S., Acciai, S. et al. High suicide mortality soon after diagnosis among cancer patients in central Italy. Br J Cancer 77, 1194–1196 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1998.199
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