Crawling out of the deep hole of cancer depression

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Added: December 9, 2008 | Time 05:38 | Views: 157

Some cancers have a particular effect on emotions: some brain tumors, pancreatic cancer and lung cancer tend to be the most debilitating emotionally. Patients with those types of cancer often have more difficulty with depression and anxiety than patients with other types of cancer. Researchers suspect biochemical factors and the location of the tumor somehow impact the emotions.

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Tags: cancer, depression, emotional health, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, university michigan

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