Spirituality May be Tied to Easier Cancer Treatment
Cancer patients who report more religiousness or spirituality may also experience fewer physical symptoms of cancer treatment and more social connection.
The new analyses reviewed previous studies of spirituality involving more than 44,000 cancer patients altogether. The studies varied in many ways, but religion and spirituality were associated with better health regardless of specific religion or set of spiritual beliefs.
Some previous research has found this connection while others have not, said Heather Jim of the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, who led one of the new studies.
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