New research now indicates that a cancer diagnosis may be as fatal as the cancer itself, dramatically increasing the risk of suicide and heart-related death in the week following diagnosis. The risk of suicide was found to be 16 times higher and the risk of heart-related death 26 times higher during the first week following diagnosis versus those who were cancer free.
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