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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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癌症诊断易致病人自杀
据法新社报道，研究显示，癌症病人拿到诊断书后，自杀和心脏病发作几率急剧上升。
此项调研已发表在《新英格兰医学期刊》上。瑞典卡罗林斯卡学院于2001至2006年间，对600多万瑞典民众进行跟踪调查。
结果发现：与未患癌症者相比，癌症病人确诊后一周，其自杀率高出前者12倍, 因心血管疾病死亡的几率高出6倍；确诊后一个月，因心血管疾病致死几率也要高出三倍。
(China.org.cn April 10, 2012) |
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