TY - JOUR AU - Niedzwiedz, Claire L. AU - Knifton, Lee AU - Robb, Kathryn A. AU - Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal AU - Smith, Daniel J. PY - 2019 DA - 2019/10/11 TI - Depression and anxiety among people living with and beyond cancer: a growing clinical and research priority JO - BMC Cancer SP - 943 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - A cancer diagnosis can have a substantial impact on mental health and wellbeing. Depression and anxiety may hinder cancer treatment and recovery, as well as quality of life and survival. We argue that more research is needed to prevent and treat co-morbid depression and anxiety among people with cancer and that it requires greater clinical priority. For background and to support our argument, we synthesise existing systematic reviews relating to cancer and common mental disorders, focusing on depression and anxiety. SN - 1471-2407 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-6181-4 DO - 10.1186/s12885-019-6181-4 ID - Niedzwiedz2019 ER -