Researchers believe interacting with other people who are also having treatment reduces stress levels, leading to better survival prospects

Socialising with others who also have cancer, could potentially improve survival prospects, according to new research.
Patients undergoing chemotherapy who socialise with other sufferers have a 68% risk of dying within five years, scientists from the National Human Genome Research Institute have found.
This is compared to a 69.5% risk if patients are isolated from other sufferers during their treatment, the research adds.
Lead author Jeff Lienert, said: “A two percent difference in survival might not sound like a lot, but it’s pretty substantial. If you saw 5,000 patients in nine years, that two percent improvement would affect 100 people.”
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