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Depression in breast cancer patients who have undergone mastectomy: A national cohort study

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  • Min-Su Kim
  • So Young Kim
  • Jin-Hwan Kim
  • Bumjung Park
  • Hyo Geun Choi

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Objective: The objective of this study was to compare the incidence of post-operative depression in breast cancer patients who have undergone mastectomy with the incidence of post-operative depression in non-breast cancer participants (controls). Methods: Using data from the Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA), we selected 2,130 patients with breast cancer who have undergone mastectomy for this national cohort study and matched these patients 1:4 with 8,520 control participants according to age, sex, income, region, and pre-operative depression. The incidence of post-operative depression was measured from mastectomy year to post-op year 10. The Mann-Whitney U test was used for data analysis, and the false-discovery rate was applied to determine statistical significance (P

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  • Min-Su Kim & So Young Kim & Jin-Hwan Kim & Bumjung Park & Hyo Geun Choi, 2017. "Depression in breast cancer patients who have undergone mastectomy: A national cohort study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(4), pages 1-11, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0175395
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0175395
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