Psychosocial interventions indicate prolonged survival in cancer patients in a systematic review, meta-analysis, and multiverse meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Commun Psychol · 2026 · PMC13005039 · PMID 41673256

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Overall median survival difference The overall median survival difference for cancer patients treated with psychosocial interventions showed a trend with a survival benefit of 3.9 months, 95% CI [−0.7, 8.5], SE = 2.34, z = 1.66, p = 0.10; based on articles that provided sufficient data ( k = 16).

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