Anxiety symptoms and panic attacks preceding pancreatic cancer diagnosis.
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| Title: | Anxiety symptoms and panic attacks preceding pancreatic cancer diagnosis. |
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| Authors: | Passik, Steven D., Roth, Andrew J. |
| Source: | Psycho-Oncology. May/Jun1999, Vol. 8 Issue 3, p268-272. 5p. |
| Subjects: | Pancreatic cancer, Cancer diagnosis, Anxiety, Panic attacks, Mental depression, Symptoms, Surgical excision |
| Abstract: | Cancer of the pancreas is a highly malignant disease with a very poor prognosis. Depression and anxiety occur more frequently in cancer of the pancreas than they do in other forms of intra-abdominal malignancies and other cancers in general. Yet, the etiology of psychiatric symptoms in patients with cancer of the pancreas may not be traced solely to poor prognosis, pain, or existential issues related to death and dying. In as many as half of patients that go on to be diagnosed with the disease, symptoms of depression and anxiety precede knowledge of the diagnosis. This observation has raised speculation that mood and anxiety syndromes are related to disruption in one of the physiologic functions of the pancreas. In this paper, we present a patient who had no prior psychiatric history and developed panic attacks just prior to diagnosis of her cancer. To our knowledge, this is the first report in the literature where panic attacks, not simply anxiety, presented prior to a pancreatic cancer diagnosis. Her symptoms resolved following resection of the tumor. Implications of such phenomena for the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety and depression in pancreas cancer are discussed. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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