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Married people are more likely to survive cancer, whereas those going through a break-up have the worst chance of beating it, a study shows.
已婚者比較可能在罹癌後生還，而經歷分手的人，戰勝癌症的機率最低，一項研究顯示。
US researchers from Indiana University analysed data on 3.8m people diagnosed with cancer between 1973 and 2004. They found people who were married had a 63% chance of surviving five years, compared to 45% of people who were separated, the journal Cancer reported.
美國印第安那大學的研究人員，分析380萬名在1973到2004年間被診斷出癌症的人。研究人員發現，已婚者的五年存活機率有63%，分居者45% ，「癌症」期刊指出。
The team said the stress of break-up probably affected survival rates. Previous studies have looked at the impact of marriage on health outcomes. Many have found a beneficial effect with experts suggesting the love and support of a partner is essential in battling against illness.This theory is supported by the findings of the latest study.
研究團隊表示，分手的壓力可能影響存活率。過去已有研究觀察婚姻對健康的影響，許多研究發現好的影響，專家認為，伴侶的愛與支持是對抗疾病的重要因素。這項理論獲得這份最新研究的支持。
The researchers looked at five and 10-year survival rates for married, widowed, divorced and never-married patients as well as those going through a separation at the time of diagnosis. After marriage, never-married patients had the best outcomes, followed by those who had been divorced and then widowers.
研究人員觀察在診斷時為已婚、鰥寡、離婚與從未結婚以及分居的病患5年到10年的存活率，已婚者存活率最高，其次是從未結婚的病患，接著依序為已離婚與鰥寡人士。
新聞辭典
whereas：連接詞，卻、而。例句：He must be about sixty, whereas his wife looks about thirty.（他一定有大概60歲了，不過他的太太看來大概30。）
go through：片語，經歷、通過。例句：A council spokeswoman said that the proposals for the new shopping centre were unlikely to go through.（議會女發言人表示，新購物中心的提案不可能通過。）
break-up：名詞，分手。例句：Long separations had contributed to their marriage break-up.（長期分居造成他們婚姻破裂。）
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