Counselling aids cancer survival rates

Having counselling may double a women’s chance of surviving breast cancer, a new study has shown. An article in the Telegraph reports that helping patients to improve their mental health, giving them advice on telling friends and family about their illness and dealing with tiredness.

The study, carried out by the Ohio State University, followed 227 breast cancer patients over a period of eleven years, half of whom were given counselling sessions. The number of those who died in the group that received counselling was half that of the group that didn’t.

Professor Barbara Andersen, a key figure in the research and trails said: “The results suggest that we can help breast cancer patients make positive steps that may help them live longer.”

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