A study of the associations between social isolation and loneliness with sex-specific cancer risk in the UK Biobank
Social isolation is a risk factor for cancer with significant sex and organ-specific effects. Addressing socioeconomic challenges, unhealthy lifestyles, and poor mental well-being through health policies could help reduce cancer risk in isolated populations.
Authors
- Xufeng Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3839-8902)
- Liang Hk
- R. Wang
- Shijie Ye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6655-2295)
- Yulin Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2886-8175)
- Qi Cai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5719-5895)
- Xuanzhuang Lu
- Peiyu Ma
- Jiahao Cheng
- Jianxing He
- Qi Zhang
- Shan Xiong
- Bo Cheng
- Wenhua Liang
- Yi Feng
- Juan He
Institutions
- First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease (CN)
- Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Medicine
- Published
- 2026-03-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-026-01429-5
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China