Quality of Life After Cancer May Depend on Tumor Type
Updated: 2012-10-31 14:51:43
Health News Quality of Life After Cancer May Depend on Tumor Type Print E-mail TUESDAY , Oct . 30 HealthDay News Cancer survivors' quality of life can vary widely depending on the type of cancer , and millions of U.S . cancer survivors have a lower-than-normal quality of life , a new study . finds Researchers looked at more than 1,800 adult cancer survivors and more than 24,000 adults with no history of cancer and found that survivors of melanoma , breast and prostate cancers had a mental- and physical-health-related quality of life similar to those who never had . cancer Survivors of cervical , blood and colorectal cancers , as well as survivors of cancers with a five-year survival rate of less than 25 percent such as liver , lung and pancreatic cancers however , had worse
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