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Suicide in patients with genitourinary malignancies
Author(s) -
Lima M. M.,
TobiasMachado M.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
european journal of cancer care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.849
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1365-2354
pISSN - 0961-5423
DOI - 10.1111/ecc.12635
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , genitourinary system , psycinfo , disease , medline , referral , psychiatry , family medicine , political science , law
Genitourinary cancers are significant causes of morbidity and mortality around the world. The present review summarises the current literature on suicide and its risk factors among patients with genitourinary cancers. The review was based on relevant articles published in MEDLINE , ProQuest, Psyc INFO , Science Direct and Scopus databases. Patients with prostate cancer represented the most important risk group for suicide, among patients with urogenital cancers. Other risk factors are male gender, older age, white race, advanced disease, living alone and co‐existing psychological comorbidities. Findings from the review call for a greater caregiver awareness on psychosocial morbidity and suicidality among genitourinary cancer patients pre‐ and post‐treatment and their early identification, adoption of risk‐reduction strategies and prompt referral for expert mental health care.