Wellbeing Compass #284 — Bladder Cancer & Mental Health

A large meta-analysis (N=563,680) found suicide risk nearly doubles with bladder cancer (HR=1.90), concentrated in patients age 70+, unmarried, or with regional-stage disease — risk is not uniform. On the hopeful side, a study of 73 cystectomy/stoma patients found accepting the stoma partially buffers the mental-health toll of body-image distress (indirect effect β=−0.13). URL: bladder-cancer-mental-health.html (HTTP 200, ~39 KB). Prior: #283 testicular-cancer mental health. Standing three hundred forty-one held.