LONELINESS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH CANCER
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Cancer is one of the leading and most feared non-communicable diseases diagnosed in humans. Despite significant improvement in cancer screening, diagnostics, and therapeutics, it is far from being controlled and its incidence is expected to continue to rise worldwide. Cancer is expected to become the leading cause of global deaths in the coming decades. As a result, cancer preventive therapy is experiencing a noticeable upsurge in interest. Loneliness, a pernicious emotional and social phenomenon, is not only a risk factor for cancer and but is also closely associated with lifestyles. Healthy lifestyles play an important role in cancer prevention, and positively modulate every aspect of cancer throughout its course. Unfortunately, loneliness is ubiquitous in our society, and its prevalence appears to be rising. Further, cancer itself promotes the development of loneliness. The relationship between loneliness and cancer is intricate and bidirectional and is associated with ominous outcomes. This manuscript briefly reviews this deleterious relationship.
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