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		</div><p>Bowel cancer sufferers are nearly three times more likely to have clinical depression if they do not have emotional support, a study has found.</p>
<p>Those without someone to confide in or ask for advice were also twice as likely to have anxiety and low levels of well-being, the study found.</p>
<p>Researchers from Southampton University and Macmillan Cancer Support followed more than 1,000 people with the disease from before surgery until five years afterwards.</p>
<p>They found a sharp reduction in social interaction, affection and practical support after operations.</p>
<p>Macmillan chief executive Lynda Thomas said it showed the “heartbreaking reality for thousands of people with cancer” with no-one to talk to or “cook them a meal when they’re wiped out from chemotherapy”.</p>
<p>She added: “It’s hard enough going through cancer when you have support, but without it, you must feel completely lost.”</p>
<p>Findings also included a trebling of patients who said they had “little or no affection” two years after diagnosis as well as a doubling of those who lacked practical help.</p>
<p>The odds of suffering from anxiety or depression also doubled for those living alone.</p>
<p>Ron Peck, 55, a teacher from Sussex, was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2011 and felt “isolated and abandoned” during treatment.</p>
<p>He said: “I’d been warned that the support you have during your treatment can suddenly fall away. I thought I was prepared for it but I ended up feeling emotionally isolated and abandoned.</p>
<p>“There was a void where my care used to be and there was no-one to talk to about my ongoing side-effects.</p>
<p>“Many of your friends who initially rallied around move on too. They don’t appreciate the continued impact that cancer has on you.”</p>
<p>The Colorectal Wellbeing (CREW) study was led by professor Claire Foster with findings released on Monday at the international psycho oncology society congress.</p>
<p>Professor Foster said: “People can feel isolated following their treatment and those with limited social support are at greater risk of this.</p>
<p>“More needs to be done to identify and help people who are struggling in the months and years following cancer treatment.”</p>
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