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![Cancer patients are at a higher risk of heart attack and suicide in the days and weeks after hearing about their diagnosis, researchers say. [Agencies]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20120410/000cf1bdd24510ee2e0517.jpg "Cancer patients are at a higher risk of heart attack and suicide in the days and weeks after hearing about their diagnosis, researchers say. [Agencies]")
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| Cancer patients are at a higher risk of heart attack and suicide in the days and weeks after hearing about their diagnosis, researchers say. [Agencies] |
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A study shows that people diagnosed with cancer run a significantly higher risk of committing suicide and suffering fatal heart attacks after receiving their diagnosis, AFP reported.
The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, followed more than six million Swedes from 2001 to 2006.
"The suicide risk during the first week following the diagnosis was twelve times higher compared to that for people without cancer," the Karolinska Institute said.
"Similarly, the risk of cardiovascular death was six times higher during the first week and three times higher during the first month after a cancer diagnosis," it said.
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癌癥診斷易致病人自殺
???????據法新社報道，研究顯示，癌癥病人拿到診斷書后，自殺和心臟病發作幾率急劇上升。
???????此項調研已發表在《新英格蘭醫學期刊》上。瑞典卡羅林斯卡學院于2001至2006年間，對600多萬瑞典民眾進行跟蹤調查。
???????結果發現：與未患癌癥者相比，癌癥病人確診后一周，其自殺率高出前者12倍, 因心血管疾病死亡的幾率高出6倍；確診后一個月，因心血管疾病致死幾率也要高出三倍。
(China.org.cn April 10, 2012) |
