Emotional effects of cancer most likely to hit women

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Women under 65 are the most likely of all cancer patients to suffer from significant emotional distress, a study reports today in the British Journal of Cancer.

Researchers in Edinburgh assessed the degree of emotional distress of 3,071 cancer patients using a questionnaire when attending follow-up outpatient clinics.

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