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Mind your health: anxiety, depression, and cancer

Mind your health: anxiety, depression, and cancer

Stress can trigger anxiety and depression, and cancer is extremely stressful itself.

Written by Jameson Kowalczyk.

Medically reviewed by Mark Arredondo, MD.

Updated onNovember, 2026

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