A new study has established an association between cervical cancer and stress in patients stating that females having cervical cancer with stress-related disorders are at a higher risk of succumbing to the disease. Findings of the study were published in the journal 'Cancer Research'. Patients receiving a cancer diagnosis are at increased risk of several stress-related psychiatric disorders such as depression anxiety and stress-reaction and adjustment disorders said Donghao Lu the study's author. Lu added Emerging evidence from both experimental and epidemiological studies indicates that psychological distress might affect the progression of many cancer types. For the following study researchers