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Social environment and breast cancer. A Cohort analysis of patient survival
Author(s) -
Marshall James R.,
Funch Donna P.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19831015)52:8<1546::aid-cncr2820520835>3.0.co;2-8
Subject(s) - breast cancer , medicine , cohort , social stress , oncology , cancer , cohort study , cancer survival , demography , gerontology , psychiatry , sociology
Several crude indicators of social stress and social involvement were used to explain survival among 283 women with breast cancer. The relationships of some stress and involvement indicators to survival are apparent; the data provide evidence that social stress decreases and social involvement increases the length of time breast cancer patients survive.