biostudies-literatureChen WCNCATS NIH HHS344-352https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8738115biostudies-literatureUnknown128(2)<h4>Background</h4>Disparity in mental health care among cancer patients remains understudied.<h4>Methods</h4>A large, retrospective, single tertiary-care institution cohort study was conducted based on deidentified electronic health record data of 54,852 adult cancer patients without prior mental health diagnosis (MHD) diagnosed at the University of California, San Francisco between January 2012 and September 2019. The exposure of interest was early-onset MHD with or without psychotropic medication (PM) within 12 months of cancer diagnosis and primary outcome was all-cause mortality.<h4>Results</h4>There were 8.2% of patients who received a new MHD at a median of 197 days (interquartile range, 61-553) after incident cancer diagnosis; 31.0% received a PM prescription; and 3.7% a mental heaCancerAssociation of mental health diagnosis with race and all-cause mortality after a cancer diagnosis: Large-scale analysis of electronic health record data.PMC8738115UL1 TR001872Hong JCBraunstein SEChen WCRabow MWMorin OBoreta LPark CCKaplan LETenenbaum JDfalseAssociation of mental health diagnosis with race and all-cause mortality after a cancer diagnosis: Large-scale analysis of electronic health record data.<h4>Background</h4>Disparity in mental health care among cancer patients remains understudied.<h4>Methods</h4>A large, retrospective, single tertiary-care institution cohort study was conducted based on deidentified electronic health record data of 54,852 adult cancer patients without prior mental health diagnosis (MHD) diagnosed at the University of California, San Francisco between January 2012 and September 2019. The exposure of interest was early-onset MHD with or without psychotropic medication (PM) within 12 months of cancer diagnosis and primary outcome was all-cause mortality.<h4>Results</h4>There were 8.2% of patients who received a new MHD at a median of 197 days (interquartile range, 61-553) after incident cancer diagnosis; 31.0% received a PM prescription; and 3.7% a mental hea2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Jan2025-04-04T20:33:22.454Z2025-04-04T20:33:22.454ZS-EPMC87381153455060110.1002/cncr.33903