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45 years
How do people feel when they have cancer?
Apr 26, 2014

Dr. Rania Mousa General Medicine
An individual’s psychologic response to cancer is influenced by specific aspects of the cancer. A person’s ability to manage a cancer diagnosis and treatment commonly changes over the course of the illness and depends on medical, psychologic, and social factors. These include the disease itself (ie, site, stage, clinical course, cancer treatments, and their complications); prior personality, coping style, and mental health; stage of life; social support; and cultural and religious background
the most common comorbid psychiatric disorders
1-Depression
Cancer is associated with a higher rate of depression than in the general population comparable to other serious medical illnesses
2-Anxiety
Anxiety leads some patients to deny or ignore cancer symptoms and delay seeking medical attention.
3-Mania in cancer patients is usually due to preexisting bipolar disorder or high-dose corticosteroids,
and only rarely due to other drugs (eg, interferon) or brain tumors. Delirium is common in cancer patients as a result of the disease and its treatment
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