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Food insecurity linked to elevated mortality risk among cancer survivors

By Penn Medicine  
   June 24, 2025

Lack of access to healthy food is a threat to the lives of cancer survivors—a significant and often overlooked factor affecting their long-term health outcomes. A new study shows that those experiencing food insecurity had a 28 percent relative increase in risk of death as compared to those who were food secure.

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