Common mental health problem can shorten cancer survivors’ lives, study finds: ‘Critical issue’

Cancer survivors who feel lonely tend to have a greater risk of dying, research suggests.

The study, led by the American Cancer Society (ACS) and published in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (JNCCN), found that cancer survivors with the highest levels of loneliness had the highest mortality risk, according to a press release.

Researchers analyzed 3,447 cancer survivors 50 years of age and older, pulling data from the 2008-2018 Health and Retirement Study.

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