Open AccessCancer Incidence in Patients With Schizophrenia or Bipolar Disorder: A Nationwide Population-Based Study in Taiwan, 1997-2009
Author(s) -
GenMin Lin,
Yu-Jung Chen,
D.-J. Kuo,
Lamin Jaiteh,
YaoKuang Wu,
TsiaShu Lo,
Y.-H. Li
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
schizophrenia bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.823
H-Index - 190
eISSN - 1745-1707
pISSN - 0586-7614
DOI - 10.1093/schbul/sbr162
Subject(s) - bipolar disorder , medicine , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , breast cancer , incidence (geometry) , population , cancer registry , cancer , cohort , colorectal cancer , psychiatry , cohort study , epidemiology , oncology , mood , physics , environmental health , optics
Both genetic and environmental factors have been reasoned for cancer development in schizophrenia patients. However, the influence of age of onset and duration of schizophrenia on cancer incidence has rarely been emphasized. Besides, bipolar disorder tends to resemble schizophrenia from the perspective of multiple rare mutations. Comparing pattern and risk of cancers between schizophrenia and bipolar patients is illuminating.
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