Longevity in Advanced Cancer Attributed to Relationships

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Longevity in Advanced Cancer Attributed to Relationships

Relationships trump treatment when it comes to beating the odds in advanced cancer, at least according to one small group of patients who have far outlived their prognoses.


Fifteen patients with advanced lung or pancreatic cancer attributed their longevity to their relationships with their doctor and their family, rather than the type of treatment they received.


An article outlining their cases was published online in Future Oncology. Although most of the patients in this small cohort used some form of complementary and alternative medicine, they did not consider it to be a main cause of their survival. Rather, the main recurrent themes in most of the interviews were patient–doctor communication, family support, and the patient’s proactive attitude in accounting for their remarkable survival.

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