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Breast Cancer
Almost half of women with early disease experience depression and anxiety
April 19th, 2005
Almost half of all women with early breast cancer experience depression or anxiety in their first year after diagnosis, researchers have found. They say more support for women with early stage breast cancer is essential. Caroline Burgess, at Cancer Research U.K.'s London Psychosocial Group at King's College, London, and colleagues published their study in the March 26, 2005, British Medical Journal (BMJ, 2005;330:702-5). They followed over 5 years the progress of more than 200 women under 60 years of age with early stage breast cancer. Burgess's group found that in the first year after diagnosis,...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2005-04-19)
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