title: Impact of mental health problems on case fatality in male cancer patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Although mortality rates are elevated in psychiatric patients relative to their healthy counterparts, little is known about the impact of mental health on survival in people with cancer.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among 16 498 Swedish men with cancer, survival was worse in those with a history of psychiatric hospital admissions: multiply-adjusted hazard ratio (95% confidence interval) comparing cancer mortality in men with and without psychiatric admissions: 1.59 (1.39, 1.83).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Survival in cancer patients is worse among those with a history of psychiatric disease. The mechanisms underlying this association should be further explored.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Batty
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Whitley
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Gale
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Osborn
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tynelius
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality* / Q000523:psychology*