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Negative emotions (NEs) are unpleasant moods regularly disruptive, intended to express a negative effect that can be anger, depression, envy, fear, frustration, and sadness. Emotions are multifaceted reactions involving several biochemical and physiological processes within the body. The brain often responds to our feelings by releasing chemicals and hormones, which direct us into a state of whether positive or negative. NEs are a complex process and don't have the capacity to deal with negative feelings, thus often experiencing them. NEs and their impacts have greatly influenced the higher incidence and risk of breast cancer (BC). They were also significantly associated with other high-risk factors including, geographical distribution, emotion types, standard diagnosis of NEs, and follow-up duration. NEs significantly increase the risk for the incidence of BC, which can be supportive of the prognosis of the disease.
Various clinical investigations have proposed that patients with BC suffer a much higher incidence of NEs when compared to the general population [7][12][13]. These NEs may worsen the diagnosis and treatment, lead to an elevated risk of disease progression, and affect the quality of life, and death [16]. Anxiety and depression are the most common NEs experienced by most BC patients. Depression, anxiety, and other psychological factors are greatly connected to the increase in the incidence of BC. Depression was predicted to incur a 30% approximate increase in the incidence rate of BC risk among cancer patients. Psychosis and comorbid depression can also increase the risk of higher incidence rates and cancer-specific mortality [31]. Psychosis and depression are stronger risk factors for BC incidence. Bearing in mind that psychosis and depression co-occur clinically, more care should be given to them during the treatment of BC patients.
Anxiety and other mental illness such as stress and dysthymic also could affect the incidence of BC [7][15][23][32]. Considering that NEs, combining anxiety and depression may appear in the BC patient at the same time, which may greatly increase the risk of BC. Hence, more attention has to be paid during the treatment and screening of the NE individuals. Controversially, in a national representative health survey study from Finland, Knekt et al. found that there is no compulsory connection between depression and the incidence of BC [33]. A prospective cohort study conducted on the elderly population found that long-term depression can elevate the risk of BC [34]. Several factors may affect the incidence of BC including lifestyle, significant events that occurred suddenly in day-to-day life, character, behavioral factors, and biological factors [35]. In recent studies, many life events can contribute to the NEs such as unemployment or material status (single or divorced), which may influence the incidence of BC [36].
NEs comprise of depression, anxiety, and psychological disorders that are highly connected to various biological mechanisms, including the activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in patients [37][38]. Alteration in the levels of the female hormone can influence the incidence of BC. According to WHO randomized trial findings, high expression of estrogen plus progesterone is associated with the increased incidence of BC [39]. Recent study findings suggested that patients with depression and severe mental illness, who had received hormonal therapy, have a high incidence of BC with 48.8% and 43%, respectively [40].
It is key to raising awareness amongst healthcare professionals acting at different levels of the healthcare system of the elevated risk of mental health symptoms among BC, specifically psychosis, depression, and other psychological factors. Screening for these mental health disorders in BC patients can merit further investigation. Predictors of distress among BC individuals include having perceived functional limitations, psychiatric history, menopausal stage, fatigue, lower socioeconomic status, and modifiable factors such as vasomotor symptoms, pain, less social support, physical activity, and smoking [32]. Psychosocial care and regular monitoring of patient-reported outcomes during treatment care are possible to reduce the burden of these environments [41].
Since the value of NEs on BC differs nationwide, geographical distribution is also a noteworthy contributing risk factor for the incidence of BC. NEs were considerably more common in Asian women (45.9%), followed by the USA (25.8%) and Europe (28.2%). Our study was inconsistent with earlier reports between 1988–92 regarding the incidence of BC being the highest among women in the USA, followed by Africans, Asians, Europeans, and Hispanics [42][43]. Depression was the highest and strongest gradient effect in most BC patients in the general inpatient population; thus increasing numbers of comorbidities, including mental health-related, negatively impact BC prognosis, and increase BC mortality [44].
NEs have adverse effects and prognostic tools for the incidence of BC. The results directly support the requirement for early and periodical detection and timely treatment of mental disorders in patients. Furthermore, physicians, psychiatrists, and oncologists should organize and develop increased options in the coordination of care and treatment for patients with BC. Regular physical exercise, yoga, indoor and outdoor activities, promoting a positive body image, and self-esteem improvement are key points to improve the NEs in BC patients. Early intervention in mental health can be reinforced to reduce the mental health disease as well as the incidence of BC, which may release NEs symptoms in BC patients.