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Participants had all completed scales to measure repression of emotions and symptoms of depression several years before they were diagnosed, making this a prospective study.

Researchers found that the cancer patients reported significantly greater emotional repression and fewer depression symptoms than the non-cancer controls.

The finding related to depression may appear surprising, but it supports the view that people who repress their emotions are unlikely to acknowledge they are depressed.

This is evidence of a link between Type C and cancer-proneness.