Post‐diagnosis social networks, and lifestyle and treatment factors in the After Breast Cancer Pooling Project

Larger social networks have been associated with better breast cancer survival. To investigate potential mediators, we evaluated associations of social network size and diversity with lifestyle and treatment factors associated with prognosis.

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