How mental health and cancer survivorship intersect
A Stanford Medicine study identified an often-overlooked period of vulnerability for cancer survivors: Mental health disorders identified two to five years after a cancer diagnosis were associated with a 119% higher rate of death from cancer compared with patients without documented mental disorders during the same period.
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