(HealthDay News) -- Cancer can put an enormous strain on a marriage, and couples are much more likely to fall apart if the woman is the patient.
In fact, the odds of separation or divorce are six times higher compared to when the man is the one with the illness, a new study shows.
The researchers did find that couples that have been married longer are more likely to survive the difficulties of dealing with cancer.
The findings, published in the Nov. 15 issue of the journal Cancer, confirm existing research that has reported that nearly 12 percent of marriages end in divorce or separation after a spouse develops cancer.
The new study sheds some more light on gender differences: nearly 21 percent of couples split up when the woman was the patient, compared to just about 3 percent when the man was the patient. Read more...
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