The Incidence of Mental Disorders Increases over Time in Patients with Cancer Pain: Data from a Retrospective Cohort Study

Background. It is well known that cancer patients more seldom have a psychiatric disorder than noncancer patients with chronic pain. Conversely, earlier studies have suggested that, at the psychiatric level, long-term cancer survivors (LCSs) have more in common with noncancer patients affected by ch...

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Main Authors: Michael Brinkers, Giselher Pfau, Anne-Marie Toepffer, Frank Meyer, Moritz A. Kretzschmar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2021-01-01
Series:Pain Research and Management
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5515629