Cancer can kill many marriages

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- Men and women with cancer are more likely to divorce than those without cancer.
-Older couples are less likely to divorce since they might be more committed.
-Those who get cervical or teristical cancer at an older age are less likely to divorce.
AP

BARCELONA, Spain. People who develop cervical or testicular cancer may face another harsh reality: They are more likely to get divorced than those without the disease, a new study says.

Yesterday at a meeting of the European Cancer Organization, Norwegian ex-perts found cancer patients were no more likely to get divorced than people without cancer, except for those with cervical and testicular cancer. The divorce rate actually dropped slightly in the years following diagnosis for most cancers, they said.

But the study showed women with cervical cancer had a 40 percent higher chance of getting divorced than other women. Men with testicular cancer were 20 percent more likely to get divorced than similar men without cancer. Both cancers are curable and are diagnosed at younger ages than other cancer.

Experts thought that the breakups could be due both to the cancers, and to the youth of the couples involved.

“It seems to be worse for your marriage to get cancer early,” said an epidemiologist who led the survey.

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