The survival of patients with cancer is conditioned by a multitude of factors. This is, of course, the case for the effectiveness of treatments, which play a crucial role in preventing or delaying mortality from the disease. However, there are other factors that also drastically influence this survival. This is the case, among others, of the support, both physical and emotional, that patients receive. In fact, a new study led by researchers at the California Cancer Institute in Fremont (USA) and published in the journal Cancer shows that, given a cancer diagnosis, married patients have a much higher probability To live longer than those who have remained single.

As Scarlett Lin Gomez, director of the study, explains, "While other previous research has found a similar protective effect associated with marriage, ours is the first study based on a large population sample evaluating the extent to which Economic resources could explain these factors. And the results are clear: the social factor plays a key role"