Suicide among cancer patients: adolescents and young adult (AYA) versus all-age patients

Suicide accounted for 1.4% of all deaths worldwide, making it one of leading cause of death in 2016 (1). Cancer patients in US have nearly twice the suicide rate of the general population (2). Researchers have demonstrated suicide risk factors of patients with one specific cancer, such as lung cancer, colorectal cancer, head and neck cancer and so on (3-7). It has been discovered that male sex, white race, and older age at diagnosis may be associated with higher risk of suicide among cancer patients (2)