Influence of social isolation and loneliness on the prognosis of advanced lung cancer patients: a prospective cohort study.
Tomoyasu TakemuraYuki KataokaNanami AshiChigusa ShirakawaKoya OkazakiAzusa SakuraiTakuma ImakitaShunkichi IkegakiHirotaka MatsumotoEmiko SaitoHirohito TakataSawako KakuNobuko WadaMariko ShinomiyaTakehiro OtoshiMasatoshi ShimadaJunichi NikaidoReika IkiKatsuya HiranoTomoyuki HiraiKazuo EndoMasataka HirabayashiToru NaganumaPublished in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2022)
Our study suggests that social isolation may be related to overall survival and death at home among patients with advanced lung cancer. More attention should be given to such patients at the time of diagnosis.