Lonely cancer patients failing to complete treatment, charity claims

Lonely cancer patients failing to complete treatment, charity claims Thousands of cancer patients are missing crucial appointments, failing to take medicine or even refusing treatment altogether, simply because they are lonely, the UK’s leading cancer charity has said. The Independent

See also:

• Lonely cancer patients three times more likely to struggle with treatment Macmillan Cancer Support
• Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: A Meta-analytic Review PLoS Medicine
• Lonely cancer patients are more likely to skip and refuse treatment, says Macmillan Cancer Support Daily Mail