Increased cancer-specific mortality in individuals developing mental disorders after cancer diagnosis: biomedical factors versus psychosocial support

Siran M Koroukian^{1

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3}, Martha Sajatovic^{2

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
² Neurological and Behavioral Outcomes Center, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, USA.
³ Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Editorial

Siran M Koroukian et al. Ann Transl Med. 2017 Nov.

. 2017 Nov;5(21):432.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2017.08.37.

Siran M Koroukian^{1

2

3}, Martha Sajatovic^{2

4

5}

¹ Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
² Neurological and Behavioral Outcomes Center, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, USA.
³ Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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