Dear Editor,The increasing number of men who undergo workup for suspected prostate cancer are subject to severe emotional stress[1].Stress levels seem to be elevated as soon as a suspicion of cancer is raised and the ...Dear Editor,The increasing number of men who undergo workup for suspected prostate cancer are subject to severe emotional stress[1].Stress levels seem to be elevated as soon as a suspicion of cancer is raised and the waiting time before a final diagnosis may be equally stressful as the post-diagnostic period[1,2].We recently demonstrated a marked increase in risk for different psychiatric disorders during the six months before prostate cancer diagnosis,highlighting the potential impact of emotional stress experienced while waiting for the diagnosis[3].展开更多
基金This study was funded by The Swedish Cancer Society(CF2016/795 and 2018/765)and Nyckelfonden,Örebro,Swe-den(2015).
文摘Dear Editor,The increasing number of men who undergo workup for suspected prostate cancer are subject to severe emotional stress[1].Stress levels seem to be elevated as soon as a suspicion of cancer is raised and the waiting time before a final diagnosis may be equally stressful as the post-diagnostic period[1,2].We recently demonstrated a marked increase in risk for different psychiatric disorders during the six months before prostate cancer diagnosis,highlighting the potential impact of emotional stress experienced while waiting for the diagnosis[3].
