Cancer diagnosis in people with severe mental illness: practical and ethical issues
Louise M Howard, Elizabeth A Barley, Elizabeth Davies, Anne Rigg, Heidi Lempp, Diana Rose, David Taylor, Graham Thornicroft
20100701
2010 Aug 1
Lancet Oncol
Cancer diagnosis in people with severe mental illness: practical and ethical issues
Lancet Oncol. 2010 Aug;11(8):797-804, Louise M Howard, Elizabeth A Barley, Elizabeth Davies, Anne Rigg, Heidi Lempp, Diana Rose, David Taylor, Graham Thornicroft
Abstract
Abstract
There has been increasing recognition of the high physical morbidity in patients with severe mental illness, but little has been written about cancer in these patients. Therefore, we review the published work on risk of cancer in patients with severe mental illness, treatment challenges, and ethical issues. Severe mental illness is associated with behaviours that predispose an individual to an increased risk of some cancers, including lung and breast cancer, although lower rates of other cancers...
