Prevalence of Depression in Patients and Survivors of Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review

Farees Ahmad Khan¹, Jason A Castillo², Kavya Sai Satya Amaravadi², Poornachandra Nalisetty³, Nandini Vadlamani⁴, Sabina Ibrahimli², Pousette Hamid⁵

Affiliations

¹ Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
² Internal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
³ Surgery, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
⁴ Family Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
⁵ Neurology, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.

PMID: 39099924
PMCID: PMC11297391
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.63816

Review

Prevalence of Depression in Patients and Survivors of Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review

Farees Ahmad Khan et al. Cureus. 2024.

. 2024 Jul 4;16(7):e63816.

doi: 10.7759/cureus.63816. eCollection 2024 Jul.

Authors

Farees Ahmad Khan¹, Jason A Castillo², Kavya Sai Satya Amaravadi², Poornachandra Nalisetty³, Nandini Vadlamani⁴, Sabina Ibrahimli², Pousette Hamid⁵

Affiliations

¹ Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
² Internal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
³ Surgery, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
⁴ Family Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.
⁵ Neurology, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences & Psychology, Fairfield, USA.

PMID: 39099924
PMCID: PMC11297391
DOI: 10.7759/cureus.63816

Abstract

Depression is an illness prevalent worldwide and much more common in certain groups of people. Individuals suffering from breast cancer as well as the survivors of breast cancer are at an increased risk of developing depression. We conducted this systematic review using articles from different countries of the world to get an estimate of the prevalence of depression in this specified population. For this, we collected about 262 articles from Google Scholar, PubMed, and ScienceDirect, and after strict scrutiny, 13 articles were used to extract our data. From our collected data, we were able to get an estimate of depression prevalence rates among breast cancer patients and survivors globally and identify different factors that affected these rates. More cohort studies must be done so that more precise information about the causes, preventions, and therapies of depression specifically in breast cancer patients and survivors may be gathered.

Keywords: breast cancer; breast carcinoma; breast malignancy; depression; mood disorder; patients; survivors.

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