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Urological cancer linked to increased risk of suicide

The team found that the all-cancer suicide rate was 30 per 100,000 people

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Patients with urological cancer such as prostate, bladder or kidney cancer are five times more likely to commit suicide than people without cancer, new research has found. Severe psychological stress is one of the main side-effects of both a diagnosis of cancer and cancer treatment, with depression affecting between five per cent and 25 per cent of cancer patients, the study said.

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