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April 10, 2026 – Adults who never married are significantly more likely to develop cancer, Between 2015 and 2022, the team examined cancer cases diagnosed at age 30 or older and compared the rates of various cancers to the marital status of participants. They then broke down the data by sex and race and adjusted for age. Adult men who were never married had approximately five times the rate of anal cancer compared to married men, the study found. Adult women who were never married had nearly three times the rate of cervical cancer compared to women who were or had been married.
“It’s a clear and powerful signal that some individuals are at a greater risk,” Frank Penedo, director of the Sylvester Survivorship and Supportive Care Institute at the University of Miami, said in the release.
