Scientists: marriage increases the chances to beat cancer – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, April 11 – RIA Novosti In patients with cancer a better chance to beat cancer if they are made in the marital relationship, according to scientists from the University of California in San Diego

<.. p> The authors report that the study used data from a registry of cancer patients in California. The paper analyzed information about 800 thousands of people who have diagnosed one of the ten varieties of cancers are most likely to cause death. The study covers patients who were diagnosed between 2000 and 2009, the researchers followed them until the end of 2012.

“We believe that we are dealing with the factors that are more related to social support, rather than the economy “, – quotes the British newspaper The Guardian the words of one of the authors of the study, University of California professor at the Maria Elena Martinez San Diego (Maria Elena Martinez)

The results showed that the marriage has a positive effect both on. women and men, but the marriage effective in the fight against cancer varies depending on gender, race and ethnicity. The researchers found that the greatest effect of the marriage had on the patients non-Hispanic.

At the bachelors likelihood of dying was higher than 24% of cancer than married men, and the level of unmarried patients mortality rate was at 17% higher than that women who were married.

Now, scientists need to find out what is the benefit of marriage. Perhaps it is a question of social support – situations where one of the spouses allows the other to cope with depression, urges to go to the doctor if you have symptoms of the disease or simply reminds the time of taking the medicine, said Maria Elena Martinez

According to the professor, this research. stressed the unmarried and unmarried patients need the support of friends, family members and physicians.

“We want to pay special attention to the fact that, in all probability, these people may be included in a group of high-risk patients to be particularly vulnerable,” – he added Martinez

Commenting on the work of Californian scientists, Dr. Bernhard Rasche from the London school of hygiene and tropical research (London school of hygiene & amp; tropical Medicine) noted that the study was conducted before the start of the US patients and health protection reform (also known as “Obamacare”). Moreover, according to the doctor, the researchers did not consider when patients can get married or get a divorce – before or after the diagnosis, whether they were in an open relationship and whether they had any other diseases, besides cancer

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