Psychiatric disorder as a first manifestation of cancer: a 10-year population-based study
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Psychiatric disorder as a first manifestation of cancer : a 10-year population-based study. / Benros, Michael E; Laursen, Thomas M; Dalton, Susanne O; Mortensen, Preben B.
In: International Journal of Cancer, Vol. 124, No. 12, 15.06.2009, p. 2917-2922.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Psychiatric disorder as a first manifestation of cancer
T2 - a 10-year population-based study
AU - Benros, Michael E
AU - Laursen, Thomas M
AU - Dalton, Susanne O
AU - Mortensen, Preben B
N1 - Copyright 2008 UICC.
PY - 2009/6/15
Y1 - 2009/6/15
N2 - To investigate the possibility that psychiatric symptoms could be caused by a yet undetected cancer or be part of a paraneoplastic syndrome, nationwide population-based registers were linked including the Danish Psychiatric Central Register and the Danish Cancer Registry. Data were analysed as a cohort study using survival analysis techniques and incidence rate ratios (IRRs) were used as measures of relative risk. A total of 4,320,623 persons were followed in the 10-year period 1994-2003, resulting in 37,581,600 person-years at risk, 202,144 persons with a first-time psychiatric contact, and 208,995 persons diagnosed with cancer. During the first month after a first-time psychiatric contact, the incidence of all forms of cancer was elevated; IRR: 2.61 (95% CI, 2.31-2.95). Particularly the incidence of brain tumours was elevated; IRR: 18.85 (95% CI, 14.52-24.48), but also the incidence of lung cancer; IRR: 2.98 (95% CI, 2.16-4.12), and especially small-cell lung cancer; IRR: 6.13 (95% CI, 3.39-11.07) was elevated. The elevated IRR for most cancers decreased towards unity within the first 3 months, except for brain tumours, for which the IRR remained significantly elevated during the first 9 months. One of every 63 patients above 50 years of age was diagnosed with malignant cancer within 1 year of first-time psychiatric contact. These results indicate an increased incidence of cancer, especially for brain tumours and small-cell lung cancer, in the first months after a first-time contact to a psychiatric hospital. Clinicians should be aware that first-onset psychiatric symptoms could be a sign of a yet undetected cancer.
AB - To investigate the possibility that psychiatric symptoms could be caused by a yet undetected cancer or be part of a paraneoplastic syndrome, nationwide population-based registers were linked including the Danish Psychiatric Central Register and the Danish Cancer Registry. Data were analysed as a cohort study using survival analysis techniques and incidence rate ratios (IRRs) were used as measures of relative risk. A total of 4,320,623 persons were followed in the 10-year period 1994-2003, resulting in 37,581,600 person-years at risk, 202,144 persons with a first-time psychiatric contact, and 208,995 persons diagnosed with cancer. During the first month after a first-time psychiatric contact, the incidence of all forms of cancer was elevated; IRR: 2.61 (95% CI, 2.31-2.95). Particularly the incidence of brain tumours was elevated; IRR: 18.85 (95% CI, 14.52-24.48), but also the incidence of lung cancer; IRR: 2.98 (95% CI, 2.16-4.12), and especially small-cell lung cancer; IRR: 6.13 (95% CI, 3.39-11.07) was elevated. The elevated IRR for most cancers decreased towards unity within the first 3 months, except for brain tumours, for which the IRR remained significantly elevated during the first 9 months. One of every 63 patients above 50 years of age was diagnosed with malignant cancer within 1 year of first-time psychiatric contact. These results indicate an increased incidence of cancer, especially for brain tumours and small-cell lung cancer, in the first months after a first-time contact to a psychiatric hospital. Clinicians should be aware that first-onset psychiatric symptoms could be a sign of a yet undetected cancer.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Age Factors
KW - Aged
KW - Cohort Studies
KW - Denmark/epidemiology
KW - Female
KW - Hospitals, Psychiatric
KW - Humans
KW - Incidence
KW - Male
KW - Mental Disorders/diagnosis
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Neoplasms/complications
KW - Prognosis
KW - Registries
KW - Risk Assessment
KW - Survival Rate
KW - Time Factors
KW - Young Adult
U2 - 10.1002/ijc.24274
DO - 10.1002/ijc.24274
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 19330831
VL - 124
SP - 2917
EP - 2922
JO - Acta - Unio Internationalis Contra Cancrum
JF - Acta - Unio Internationalis Contra Cancrum
SN - 0898-6924
IS - 12
ER -
ID: 243308796