| pubmed-article:19705348 | pubmed:abstractText | : It long has been recognized that married patients have improved cancer survival when compared with unmarried patients. This has been postulated as being due to increased support, potentially leading to better compliance with therapy. Conversely, some data exist pointing to a relationship between marital discord and decreased immunity. We examined whether unmarried patients have a different prognosis by whether they are 1) never married, 2) divorced, 3) widowed, or 4) separated at time of diagnosis. | lld:pubmed |
