Brad Wilcox: Truly ‘astonishing’ research on marriage and cancer
Nina Niu Sanford shared a post by Brad Wilcox, Professor at University of Virginia, on X:
“Marriage associated w better survival across cancers (+earlier diagnosis stage, more definitive treatment) Effect greater in men than women. Nice throwback 2013 JCO paper by Ayal Aizer and Paul Nguyen.”
Quoting Brad Wilcox‘s post:
“Truly ‘astonishing’ research on marriage and cancer: For ‘prostate, breast, colorectal, esophageal, and head/neck cancers, the survival benefit associated with marriage was larger than the published survival benefit of chemotherapy.'”
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Dr. Nina Niu Sanford is an Assistant Professor and Chief of Gastrointestinal Radiation Oncology at Harvard/Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital. She specializes in treating gastrointestinal cancers and actively participates in clinical trials combining high-dose radiation therapy with immunotherapy. Additionally, she researches healthcare access disparities and conducts pan-cancer outcomes research using large databases.
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