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Depression and anxiety in patients with cancer

BMJ 2018; 361 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k1415 (Published 25 April 2018) Cite this as: BMJ 2018;361:k1415
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Potential direct neuropsychiatric effects of specific tumour types and cancer treatments

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Excess visual stimulation ?

Other readers may love it, but it seems to me that the infogram accompanying the article may exceed what may be useful visual stimulation. One of the main efforts of Frank Netter, the great medical artist, was to know what details not to include. This may be one of the reasons why his work is still so memorable these days.

Competing interests: No competing interests

25 April 2018
P Piero Baglioni
Physician
Prince Charles Hospital
Gournos Road, Merthyr Tydfil