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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2001 93(15):1127-1129; doi:10.1093/jnci/93.15.1127
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 93, No. 15, 1127-1129, August 1, 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press

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Female Cancer Patients at Higher Risk of Marital Problems

Renee Twombly

A study of married patients with malignant brain cancers has found that female patients are eight times more likely to undergo a separation or divorce than are men with brain tumors. The results raise questions about the impact of cancer on a patient’s social life as well as how prepared neuro-oncologists are to deal with such issues.

The study of more than 500 patients also found a high rate of marital discord among women patients used in "control" groups—women with multiple sclerosis were seven times more . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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