SynthesisCritical reviews in oncology/hematology2010
Associations of social networks with cancer mortality: a meta-analysis.
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219 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Breast Cancer Survivors' Perception on Health Promotion and Healthy Lifestyle: A Systematic Review and Qualitative Meta-Synthesis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Pooled it
- Marital status and survival in cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Cancer medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Duration of the patient interval in breast cancer and factors associated with longer delays in low-and middle-income countries: A systematic review with meta-analysis.Psycho-oncology · 2023Pooled it
- Depression and glioblastoma, complicated concomitant diseases: a systemic review of published literature.Neurosurgical review · 2020Pooled it
- Unpacking the layers: a meta-ethnography of cancer survivors' loneliness.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2019Pooled it
- Low Social Well-Being in Advanced and Metastatic Prostate Cancer: Effects of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Trial
- A pilot study of improved psychological distress with art therapy in patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy.BMC cancer · 2020Trial
- Social Support and Depression Related to Older Adults' Hypertension Control in Rural China.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2019Trial
- Willingness to bear adversity and beliefs about the curability of advanced cancer in older adults.Cancer · 2019Trial
- Perceived social support in African American breast cancer patients: Predictors and effects.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2017Trial
- Associations between advanced cancer patients' survival and family caregiver presence and burden.Cancer medicine · 2016Trial
- Project connect online: user and visitor experiences of an Internet-based intervention for women with breast cancer.Psycho-oncology · 2015Trial
- Decision preparation, satisfaction and regret in a multi-center sample of men with newly diagnosed localized prostate cancer.Patient education and counseling · 2012Trial
- Breast cancer recurrence: socioeconomic position and general practice involvement - a nationwide cohort study in Denmark.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2026Article
- Social capital in health research ‒ Conceptual model of disease-specific social capital based on disease-specific social networks.Public health in practice (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Frailty and Fitness in Older Adults With Acute Myeloid Leukemia: From Chronological Age to Multiparametric Assessment.European journal of haematology · 2026Review
- Depression, non-medical pain prescriptions, and suicidal behavior in cancer survivors.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Article
- Social Support Across the Cancer Care Continuum in Malawi: Narratives from Cancer Survivors.SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2026Article
- Feasibility study of the Four-Session Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy-based Psychological Intervention Program for women with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Uncovering the Roots of Inequity: Social Determinants and Racial Disparities Among Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
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Abstract
This meta-analysis integrates results of 87 studies on the associations of perceived social support, network size, and marital status with cancer survival. In controlled studies, having high levels of perceived social support, larger social network, and being married were associated with decreases in relative risk for mortality of 25%, 20%, and 12%, respectively. Moderator analyses revealed that never married patients had higher mortality rates than widowed and divorced/separated patients. Associations of social network with mortality were stronger in younger patients, and associations of marital status with mortality were stronger in studies with shorter time intervals, and in early-stage cancer. Relationships varied by cancer site, with stronger associations of social support observed in studies of patients with leukemia and lymphomas and stronger associations of network size observed in studies of breast cancer. Further randomized intervention studies are needed to test causal hypotheses about the role of social support and social network for cancer mortality.
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