Association of pre-existing mental illness with all-cause and cancer-specific mortality among Medicare beneficiaries with pancreatic cancer
Paredes AZ, Hyer JM, Tsilimigras DI, Palmer E, Lustberg MB, Dillhoff ME, Cloyd JM, Tsung A, Ejaz A, Wells-Di Gregorio S, Pawlik TM. Association of pre-existing mental illness with all-cause and cancer-specific mortality among Medicare beneficiaries with pancreatic cancer. Hepato Pancreato Biliary 2020, 23: 451-458. PMID: 32843275, DOI: 10.1016/j.hpb.2020.08.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer-specific mortalityLong-term outcomesPancreatic cancerMental illnessPre-existing mental illnessSchizophrenic disordersHigh riskMedicare beneficiariesCancer-directed surgerySEER-Medicare databasePre-existing historyAnxiety/depressionEarly-stage cancerCause mortalityMultivariable analysisPancreatic adenocarcinomaStage cancerPsychotic disordersPatientsBipolar disorderIllnessCancerMortalityDisordersDepression