Depressive symptoms were common and associated with shorter survival in patients with blood cancers namely lymphoma and multiple myeloma, stated new study.

‘Shorter survival was observed in both blood cancer patients who remained depressed and patients who recovered from depressive symptoms.
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The risk of death was 3-times and 2-times higher in the "remission" and "persistent" groups, respectively, than in the "never depression" group; however, risk of death was not significantly greater in the "new-onset" group compared with the "never depression" group.





Source-Eurekalert