People with mental illness receive less cancer screening

A recent systematic review and meta-analysis conducted in the Neurosciences Department at the University of Padua in Italy indicates that "despite increased mortality from cancer in people with mental illness, this population receives less cancer screening compared with that of the general population."

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Study mentioned:

Solmi M, Firth J, Miola A, et al. Disparities in cancer screening in people with mental illness across the world versus the general population: prevalence and comparative meta-analysis including 4 717 839 people. The Lancet Psychiatry; Published online 28 November 2019.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30414-6