African-American cancer patients' depression symptoms under-recognized, study finds
Monday, March 9, 2015 - 13:20
in Health & Medicine
A researcher who has long examined quality-of-life issues in cancer patients wondered whether depression in African-American cancer patients has been under-recognized for treatment. Accurately assessing depression in cancer patients is difficult in general because the physical symptoms of cancer and depression -- low energy, lack of sleep and loss of appetite -- are so similar.