No link between depression and cancer risk: study- Reuters

Reuters


....Still, researchers worry that despite a lack of clear evidence, some cancer patients may blame themselves for somehow causing or worsening their disease by being depressed.
"Many people are convinced when they develop cancer that they know exactly what caused it," said James Coyne, a health psychology professor at University Medical Center in Groningen, the Netherlands.
Coyne was not involved in the French study, but has investigated connections between depression and cancer.
"I get particularly concerned if patients are left with the idea that they can control the course of cancer through psychological training," Coyne told Reuters Health.....