• HPB (Oxford) · Mar 2021

    Association of pre-existing mental illness with all-cause and cancer-specific mortality among Medicare beneficiaries with pancreatic cancer.

    • Anghela Z Paredes, J Madison Hyer, Diamantis I Tsilimigras, Elizabeth Palmer, Maryam B Lustberg, Mary E Dillhoff, Jordan M Cloyd, Allan Tsung, Aslam Ejaz, Sharla Wells-Di Gregorio, and Timothy M Pawlik.
    • Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and James Comprehensive Cancer Center, 395 W. 12th Ave., Suite 670, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
    • HPB (Oxford). 2021 Mar 1; 23 (3): 451-458.

    BackgroundAmong patients with pancreatic cancer, the association of pre-existing mental illness with long-term outcomes remains unknown.MethodsIndividuals diagnosed with pancreatic adenocarcinoma were identified in the SEER-Medicare database. Patients were classified as having mental illness if an ICD9/10CM code for anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or other psychotic disorder was recorded.ResultsAmong the 54,234 Medicare beneficiaries with pancreatic cancer, roughly 1 in 12 (n = 4793, 8.83%) individuals had a diagnosis of a mental illness. The majority (n = 4029, 84.1%) had anxiety or depression, while 16% (n = 764) had bipolar/schizophrenic disorders. On multivariable analysis, among patients with early stage cancer, individuals with pre-existing anxiety/depression and bipolar/schizophrenic disorders had 22% (OR 0.78, 95% CI 0.69-0.86) and 46% (OR 0.54, 95% CI 0.42-0.70) reduced odds, respectively, to undergo cancer-directed surgery. Furthermore, patients with a pre-existing history of bipolar/schizophrenic disorders had a 20% (HR 1.20, 95% CI 1.21-1.40) higher risk of all-cause mortality and 27% (HR 1.27, 95% CI 1.17-1.37) higher risk of pancreatic cancer-specific mortality compared to individuals without a history of mental illness.ConclusionOne in twelve patients with pancreatic cancer had a pre-existing mental illness. Individuals with mental illness were more likely to have worse overall and cancer-specific long-term outcomes.Copyright © 2020 International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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