Cancer patients have elevated suicide risk compared to the general population. However, little is known about the characteristics of cancer patients who have died by suicide. The objectives of the study were to compare the characteristics of suicide cases with, and without cancer, and determine whether age was associated with differences in characteristics.

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死于自杀的癌症患者的特征：15 年死因记录的定量研究

与一般人群相比，癌症患者的自杀风险更高。然而，人们对自杀死亡的癌症患者的特征知之甚少。该研究的目的是比较有和没有癌症的自杀案例的特征，并确定年龄是否与特征差异有关。