Recent studies have suggested that not only cancer patients but their spouses and families have health effects. The mechanism for this is thought to be related to the psychological and physical burdens of caring for the patient and of bereavement, and to unhealthy lifestyle habits shared with the patient. Previous studies have shown that serious psychosocial problems occur for the spouses of cancer patients, but there were problems with their design and scale. The authors used a Danish national database to test for the risk of depression in the male partners of breast cancer patients in a retrospective cohort study. The results showed a significant increase in the risk of depression for the men, which supported their hypothesis.

Recent studies have suggested that not only cancer patients but their spouses and families have health effects. The mechanism for this is thought to be related to the psychological and physical burdens of caring for the patient and of, bereavement, and to unhealthy lifestyle habits shared with the patient. Previous studies have shown that serious psychosocial problems occur for the spouses of cancer patients, but there were problems with their design and scale limitations. The authors used a Danish national database to test for the risk of depression in the male partners of breast cancer patients in a retrospective cohort study. The results showedResults demonstrated a significant increase in the risk of depression for the men, which supported theirsupporting the authors’ hypothesis.

Recent studies have suggested that not only cancer patients but also their spouses and families have health effects. The mechanism for of this these effects is thought to be related to the psychological and physical burdens of caring for the patient, bereavement, and unhealthy lifestyle habits shared with the patient. Previous studies have shown that serious psychosocial problems occur for the spouses of cancer patients face serious psychosocial problems, but these re werestudies had design and scale limitations. The authors used a Danish national database to test forexamine the risk of depression in theamong male partners of patients with breast cancer, patients in using a retrospective cohort studydesign. Results demonstrated showed a significant increase in the risk of depression for theamong men, supporting the authors’ hypothesis.

Recent studies have suggested that not only cancer patients but also their spouses and families have health effects. The mechanism for of this these effects is thought to be related to the psychological and physical burdens of caring for the patient, bereavement, and unhealthy lifestyle habits shared with the patient. Previous studies have shown that serious psychosocial problems occur for the spouses of cancer patients face serious psychosocial problems, but these re werestudies had design and scale limitations. The authors used a Danish national database to test forexamine the risk of depression in theamong male partners of patients with breast cancer, patients in using a retrospective cohort studydesign. Results demonstrated showed a significant increase in the risk of depression for theamong men, thus supporting the authors’our hypothesis.

Recent studies have suggested that not only cancer patients but their spouses and families have health effects. The mechanism for this is thought to be related to the psychological and physical burdens of caring for the patient and of bereavement, and to unhealthy lifestyle habits shared with the patient. Previous studies have shown that serious psychosocial problems occur for the spouses of cancer patients, but there were problems with their design and scale. The authors used a Danish national database to test for the risk of depression in the male partners of breast cancer patients in a retrospective cohort study. The results showed a significant increase in the risk of depression for the men, which supported their hypothesis.

Recent studies have suggested that not only cancer patients but their spouses and families have health effects. The mechanism for this is thought to be related to the psychological and physical burdens of caring for the patient and of, bereavement, and to unhealthy lifestyle habits shared with the patient. Previous studies have shown that serious psychosocial problems occur for the spouses of cancer patients, but there were problems with their design and scale limitations. The authors used a Danish national database to test for the risk of depression in the male partners of breast cancer patients in a retrospective cohort study. The results showedResults demonstrated a significant increase in the risk of depression for the men, which supported theirsupporting the authors’ hypothesis.