Estimated read time: Less than a minute
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
GUILDFORD, England, May 30, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- British researchers say they will study more than 500 women to examine the effects of cervical cancer on them as well as their partners, a report said.
"There is virtually no information regarding the response of partners to cervical cancer," University of Surrey researcher Alison Nightingale told British newspaper The Independent.
Partners "are a neglected group of people who probably need a substantial amount of support, or at least some way of understanding what is going on," said Nightingale, who was diagnosed with cervical cancer in August 2004.
"In my personal experience, and also in the experience of many women I have been in contact with, cervical cancer is a very lonely disease," she said.
Fellow researcher Simon Butler-Manuel said cervical cancer is wrongly perceived as a minor disease because of its relatively low death rate.
"It is pretty devastating on every level -- physical, body image, impact on partners, psychological and sexual issues," Butler-Manuel told the newspaper.
URL: www.upi.com Copyright 2006 by United Press International
