General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 396-402 , September 2006

Effect of depression on all-cause mortality in adults with cancer and differential effects by cancer site

  • Adedayo A. Onitilo, M.D., M.S.C.R.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hematology/Oncology, Marshfield Clinic-Wausau Center, Wausau, WI 54401, USA
    • ,
  • Paul J. Nietert, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
    • ,
  • Leonard E. Egede, M.D., M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
    • Charleston VA TREP, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC 29401, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Center for Health Disparities Research, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA. Tel.: +1 843 792 2969; fax: +1 843 876 1201.

Received 21 February 2006 ,Accepted 18 May 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.05.006

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 396-402 , September 2006

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