Emergency colon cancer diagnosis in people with mental health conditions: a population-based cohort study in northern Italy.

BMJ Ment Health · 2025 · PMC12215114 · PMID 40592734

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When specific mental health categories were analysed, patients with dementia and related cognitive conditions had significantly lower odds of screening-detected colon cancer compared with subjects without (aOR 0.27, 95% CI 0.08 to 0.86); for other conditions, the odds of screening detection were also lower but did not reach statistical significance.

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