Prior literature has documented an association between cancer and depressive symptoms.
There has been a limited understanding about whether the association between cancer and …

Purpose This study examines whether and how depressive symptoms and social
interactions change before and after cancer diagnosis, and whether this pattern varies by …

Background Cancer diagnosis can cause considerable stress among patients and their
families. Both may experience clinical depression and severe anxiety. Therefore, this study …

Purpose A population-based study was conducted in order to examine the characteristics of
family members of cancer patients in comparison with the general population and also to …

Studies have consistently shown cancer diagnosis and treatment to be associated with
increased depression. However, research that directly examines the depression and coping …

This study examined the prevalence of perceived stress and depressive symptoms in cancer
survivors and their family members compared with subjects without cancer and without …

Objectives Family members are often cancer patients' primary source of social and
emotional support and make a major contribution to how well patients manage their illness …

Depression has been hypothesized to be a risk factor of cancer, especially hormone-related
cancers. However, few studies have been conducted with large enough sample size and …

Objective To explore the association between depressive symptom history and cancer
incidence. Methods Affective/emotional depressive symptoms were assessed using the …

Objective: Cancer is one of the most common life-threatening diseases and a great source of
stress in patients. The risk factors of depression differ in elder people compared to other age …