Breast Cancer
Researchers from the United States and New Zealand provide details of new studies and findings in the area of breast cancer
Published in Women's Health Weekly, August 24th, 2006
Study 1: Depression in breast cancer patients may not be associated with objective cancer-related factors.
"Women with breast cancer are thought to be vulnerable to depression for reasons associated with impact of diagnosis, treatment, and metabolic/endocrine changes. While the literature shows that most of these women do not become clinically depressed, 15% to 30% report elevated depressive symptoms that may be clinically important," researchers in the United States noted.
W.A. Bardwell and colleagues at the University of California in San...
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