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Mount Everest (8848.86m), the mountain that sets the yardstick of climbing achievement, lies on the border between Nepal and Tibet. The height of which a successful climber can brag, also assures life’s most rewarding experience. For this reason, the mountain attracts mountaineers all over the world and as a result, receives around 1000 summit attempts every year. The first successful attempt, however, was made on May 29, 1953, by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Sir Edmund Hillary. It is the most popular expedition not just in the Everest region of Nepal, but around the world.
Well, who does not dream to stand on the highest point on earth?
Mount Everest Expedition(Everest Climbing) is the ultimate mountaineering adventure that allows adventure enthusiasts to conquer the summit. Nevertheless, adventure and experience, also present you with one of the greatest physical and mental challenges, as Everest lives up to its fearful reputation if the conditions decide to become unsympathetic to you. Therefore, it’s best not to underestimate the altitude and the technical difficulty.
The Expedition: Mt. Everest can be climbed from the south via the Khumbu Valley in Nepal as well as from the north via Tibet. Amigo Treks and Expedition offers guided expedition via the South Col. As per the itinerary, a total of 65 days are required to complete the expedition, out of which 46 days are set aside to climb the mountain. 9 days are required to trek up to the Everest Base Camp (including 2 acclimatization days). 4 high camps are set above the base camp. Starting base camp, we have to cross crevasses, seracs, and huge ice chunks with the help of fixed ropes and aluminum ladders to climb to camp one- a flat area of endless snow, deep crevasses, and mountain wall. Having passed the crevasses and seracs through the silent valley, the trail leads us to a rocky patch at the height of about 6400m, at the foot of icy mount Lhotse wall, where we set our second high camp. The walk from camp 2 is initially flat, up to the wall. The icy incline begins from the wall. The trail then passes through the ice bumps, and steep ice before reaching camp 3. After camp 3, we will travel across the wall towards the Yellow Band and the Black Turtle- rocky section of the wall. The climb continues until the foot of the last wall to camp 4 which sits on a plateau resembling a moonscape (inside the Deathzone). From camp 4 we finally attempt the summit via the southeast ridge. It is the most dangerous part of climbing as the place is besieged by violent winds. After achieving the summit, we climb down the same route.
Amigo Treks and Expedition’s planning, logistics, staffing, and experience, will easily help you achieve your lifetime dream, as the company offers fully inclusive support up to the summit. The supports include experienced mountaineers, guides, and crew members with extensive knowledge of wilderness medical training; permanent base camp, excellent expedition cook and manager, full board meal and accommodation, solar electricity, internet facility, satellite phone, professional and reliable weather forecast service for the expedition and other required logistics necessary for a successful expedition.
Moreover, this expedition also presents the best cultural trek opportunity into the scenic Sherpa heartland of the Khumbu Valley. March-May and October-November are considered the best season to plan this expedition, while monsoon and December –February are considered the most unfavorable time for an expedition. Our support combined with your enthusiasm, patience, and perseverance will help you achieve your lifetime dream. However, if you aren’t ready to attempt the Everest Expedition yet, Amigo Treks and Expedition offer other best expedition options like Pumori Expedition, Annapurna Expedition, Amadablam Expedition, or even Dhaulagiri Expedition.
Day 01: Arrival and Transfer to the hotel
Day 02: Preparation and Briefing for Departure to Everest Region
Day 03: Flyto Lukla and short trek to Phakding
Day 04: Trek to Namche Bazaar
Day 05: Acclimatization day at Namche
Day 06: Trek to Tangboche
Day 07: Trek to Dingboche
Day 08: Trek to Lobuche
Day 09: Acclimatization day at Lobuche
Day 10: Trek to Gorakshep
Day 11: Trek to Everest Base camp
Day 12-58: Everest Summit Climbing
Day 59: Trek down to Dingboche
Day 60: Trek to Tengboche
Day 61: Trek to Namche Bazaar
Day 62: Trek to Lukla
Day 63: Fly Back to Kathmandu
Day 64: The Leisure day in Kathmandu
Day 65: Transfer for Final Departure
Amigo Treks and Expedition has compiled a list of essential equipment, personal medical provisions, and summary of medical conditions likely to encounter during 8000m mountaineering expeditions to help mountaineers in preparation and provisioning for climbing or mountaineering expedition.
This list should be considered as an essential summary and expeditioners embarking on the adventure are encouraged to conduct further study and practical exercises to familiarize themselves with the equipment, medical terminology and understanding of medical conditions related to high elevation, cold, wind, excessive sun radiation as well as injuries likely to sustain in the outdoor situation and in particular high and remote mountainous areas.
Essential Personal Climbing Gear:
For under garments we recommend Merino Wool from Icebreaker because the company understands climbers and mountaineers needs and utilises the best quality material in the world. No other company can at this stage match Icebreaker quality. The quality in extreme conditions is essential for your comfort and safety. Merino wool is the finest wool and it matches cotton with softness and polypropylene with insulation and breath-ability because it takes moisture away from the body and keeps you dry and warm. Due to its natural nano-tube construction it has antibacterial properties, so it stays usable for much longer. It is slightly more expensive then polypropylene so is climbing and trekking.
Travel and Sleeping Gear
Rucksacks and Travel Bags:
Our skilful cooks will prepare 3 delicious hot meals and plenty of drinks each day in base camp, as well as in camp 2 on the mountain. This meals will consist of soup, local cheese & sausage, biscuits, dried noodles, potatoes, rice, porridge, butter, dried and tinned vegetables, fruit, meats, and fish, tea with milk and sugar, powdered juice drink, and drinking chocolate. Our Sherpas will be carrying this food to the higher camps.
We ask only members to bring 5 dehydrated meals (freeze-dried dinners) for their summit attempt. On summit day you will be at high elevation and you will be affected by the altitude with very limited appetite and for period so it is important to have flavours you most likely will consume.
We cannot cater for specific personal and uncommon foods and flavours. If you have any unusual, non-standard or specific personal, cultural or religious dietary requirements, which can only be satisfied with imported product, we ask you to bring your own imported daily snack and energy foods.
We do not provide “snack” food such as chocolate or "energy-bars". We ask that you bring or buy your own "snack" or daily cold energy food in Kathmandu or in home country. From our experience 3-6 kilos/6-12 pounds is a sufficient amount. A growing variety of imported foods such as European and American cheeses, chocolates, biscuits, cookies, nuts, and locally made power-bars are now available in Kathmandu, at realistic prices. However, imported brands of power bars, GU, re-hydration drinks, dehydrated food, "freeze-dried meals", imported cheese and sausage may not be available. If you want these items, you must bring them from your home country. Many of our members, especially Britons, Europeans, and Australians with tiny baggage allowances, now purchase their daily snacks in Kathmandu. Our schedule in Kathmandu allows sufficient time for shopping.
Miscellaneous Practical Items:
On Everest, although some climbers wish to try to summit it without supplemental oxygen, most of members would prefer to have oxygen available. We only allow members to climb Everest with the supplemental oxygen available. How much oxygen one requires is an individual decision; some people want 1 bottle, others want 12; our only requirement is that every expedition team member must have at least one oxygen bottle available for personal use, which will constitute at the minimum an emergency supply for climber to get down to at least camp 4. Our experience indicates five oxygen bottles is usually a sufficient for average climber. All of the equipment is guaranteed to work well together, and it is easy to use, with simple threaded and snap-on fittings which require no tools. We have a 40% buy back policy on unused oxygen bottles, and masks, hoses, and regulators in good condition.
Note: You may have to carry some or all of your own oxygen on summit day, as well as up and down the mountain. If possible, the groups sherpas will help stock the high camps, as well as share in carrying extra bottles during summit attempts. If you are concerned you might not be able to carry your own oxygen, you may wish to hire a personal sherpa.
Who can climb a peak?
There are no restrictions to obtain climbing permit and anyone with appropriate fitness and skills can attempt a peak climbing. Climbing difficulty varies for different mountains and routes. Non-technical climbs can be attempted by a fit trekker with little or no climbing experience. For technical climbs one needs to have an appropriate level of climbing experience.
I have never climbed before. Can I go for peak climbing?
There is always first time for everything including peak climbing. There are non-technical peaks, which can be climbed safely by a fit trekker and even slightly technical peaks can be attempted by a novice climber with a professional climbing guide.
What are physical fitness criteria to climb a peak in Nepal?
To climb high elevation peak the health and fitness is a paramount criteria. The level of fitness required is proportional to peak elevation and route difficulty and length.
What is climbing permit?
Climbing Permit for trekking peaks is a legal document issued by the Nepal Mountaineering Association authorizing the climber to attempt the climb on designated peak or route. Attempting a climb without permit is illegal.
Do I need climbing permit?
Yes climbing permits are required to climb any peak above 5000m and it is illegal to do so without a climbing permit.
Who will lead me during climbing?
A licensed, trained and experienced Climbing Sherpa Guide will lead you while Peak Climbing.
Do I need travel insurance?
Yes the rescue insurance is required while climbing.
Which is the best season for peak climbing?
In general August to November and March to May are two climbing seasons in Nepal.
Do I need to join in a climbing group?
There is no legal requirement to join the climbing group however climbing solo is an unsafe practice. It is recommended to hire the guide even for simple routes.
What will be the food and accommodation?
During the access trek you will be accommodated in a lodge/teahouse; once in the basecamp you will be assigned a tent and your climbing Sherpa will prepare high altitude food; all your climbing gear and food for the climb will be carried by the porter up to the base camp.
How much time is generally required for trekking peak?
It varies for different peaks and weather condition. Generally most of trekking peaks require one or two days to summit from the basecamp. The access time varies also and depends on peak location and peak elevation.
How difficult are the trekking peaks?
It depends on the Trekking Peak. There is a variety of peaks available ranging from non-technical through easy technical to difficult and very difficult technical routes.
Is there any age limit for trekking Peaks Climbing?
Children below 18 are Restricted for Peak Climbing in Nepal. Is this incorrect?
What are the sources of drinking water supply during Peak Climbing?
On most of treks bottled water is available. There are also purified filtered water stations in many lodges. The boiled water will be also available in the lodges and from the camp kitchen.
Where do we eat our meals?
On popular trails we will stay in lodges and guest houses and the meals will be cooked for you with continental menu meals often available as well as soups and noodles and rice dishes; on some routes there will be a limited choice and on some more remote routes only local Nepal Dal Bhat and curry or instant noodle soups will be available. In the basecamp your Sherpa guide will prepare meals for you from instant dry meals.
Is there any communication while we are on trekking?
It all depends on the area with most of the trekking routeshaving local VHF Phones; increasingly more places get mobile coverage of varied capacity; in remote communication is not available or very limited so the only option would be a satellite phone.
What type of shoes or boots should I wear?
You need comfortable trekking shoes preferably with Gore-Tex style lining for ultimate comfort and thick vibratim soles to have comfortable walk on rocky paths. On snow routes you will also require crampons, climbing harness and on many climbs the iceaxe.
What problems can arise on altitude?
At high altitude your cardio-pulmonary system is affected by low oxygen density and you can suffer from general breathing difficulties to Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) as well as your skin is susceptible to sunburn if not protected by cloths or sunblock. The AMS is preventable through appropriate trekking pace and undertaking acclimatization.
What type of insurance should I have? Where can I obtain the insurance?
You need to obtain travel insurance before you arrive to Kathmandu. Your insurance should cover rescue insurance and it should allow the expense of helicopter supported medevac. Nowadays such policies are readily available through many airfare booking agents. Try ihi.com if you cannot find your insurance.
What type of insurance should I have? Where can I obtain the insurance?
You will require a travel insurance, which will not exclude climbing and helicopter evacuation. You need obtain your insurance before you arrive to Kathmandu. Climbing insurance may be obtained through some climbing clubs and some insurers such as IHI.
What is the cost of Peak Climbing?
The cost depends on peak you wish to climb and the number of climbers in the group. The cost of the climb consists of trekking cost, transportation costs (airfare or surface transportation), equipment and staff requirements, climbing duration and permit costs. Please consult us.
We used Amigo Treks for our trek to EBC in Sept-Oct 2021. The planning started in Mar-April 2021 in the middle of the pandemic so


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On behalf of her Foundation, Dame Ellen MacArthur has just taken proud delivery of one of the first 100% electric Kangoo Van Z.E.s in the country, presented by Renault UK Managing Director, Thierry Sybord, at the marque’s largest UK showroom in West London.
The French manufacturer has a long-standing relationship with the record-breaking solo yachtswoman dating back over ten years, and in 2010 Renault also became one of the founding partners of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
The electric-powered current International Van of the Year will be used by Dame Ellen as she circumnavigates the Isle of Wight carrying out work for her charity, which is aimed at engaging the worlds of education and business to inspire people to re-think, re-design and build a positive future. Her shiny black five-seat Crew Van replaces her current trusty workhorse, a rare, previous generation electric Kangoo van which has provided sterling and reliable service in recent years, which will now see out its days as part of Renault’s heritage collection housed in Flins, France.
Dame Ellen, who recently toured the Kangoo Van Z.E. Maubeuge factory in France, with Renault’s Chief Operative Officer, Carlos Tavares, praised Renault’s commitment to the circular economy, which includes the development of affordable electric vehicles. She said, “This is a decisive step towards a viable, long-term economic model. We are working together to encourage the younger generation to seize the formidable opportunity it has to build a positive future.”
Carlos Tavares added: “Together, we believe that protecting the environment only makes sense if it involves the vast majority of people. This in turn calls for a real commitment from businesses to propose clean, yet affordable, innovations. It is core to the idea of the circular economy, dear to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, which Renault has fully and enthusiastically supported from the start. We are convinced that Kangoo Z.E. has the wind in its sails.”
On 27 January, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation presented The McKinsey Report from Davos, ‘Towards the circular economy: Economic and business rationale for an accelerated transition.’ The report, which presents the basis of an economy in which today’s goods become tomorrow’s resources, was actively supported by Renault, a manufacturer committed to sustainable mobility for all.
The Kangoo Van Z.E. range is available in the UK from £16,990 on-the-road excluding VAT, with monthly battery hire from £60 (based on 6,000 miles per year, 3 year contract). Following the recent Government announcement that the electric vehicle grant is shortly to be extended to include vans, offering up to 20% off of a vehicle’s purchase price, customers will soon to be able to buy the standard version for as little as £16,960 including VAT. Leasing rates are available from £424.59 per month with battery life guarantee.
Like the rest of the current Renault range from February 2012, Kangoo Van Z.E. versions are eligible for its competitive 4+ customer care package. The new incentive gives all new retail and local business customers a comprehensive four year/100,000 mile warranty, four years/48,000 miles free routine servicing, four years roadside cover and four years finance (HP, lease or PCP subject to status).

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Steve DiMeglio (here) and Scott Michaux (here) filed entertaining accounts of their Monday rounds at Olympic and I was pleased to see Michaux came away a tad critical of the fairway widths that I noted left something to be desired in my Golf World story.
But even better was Michaux's defense of the Bill Burger that validated which I love and which came under intense scrutiny and criticism in the media center when overcooked impostors were served up to the dastardly ditchdiggers each afternoon.
Olympic’s famous Bill’s Burger Dogs are the greatest thing ever served at a halfway house. GREATEST THING EVER!
I’m not talking about the version of the curious hamburger shaped to fit on a hot dog bun that was served to folks who attended the U.S. Open. That was like eating imitation crab meat. Not the real thing.
“Terrible ... inedible,” is how Patricia, the woman who was cooking them up fresh in the halfway house near the 10th green, described the mass-produced facsimiles during the Open. She explained how the California Board of Health came in and mandated that each burger be eviscerated to 160 degrees until they were leathery slabs of meat that would eventually reach the person eating it about two hours after coming off the grill.
The version Patricia cooked fresh to request for everyone (the preferred color was just a little pink unless you really wanted it cooked more) and put on a toasted bun was sublime. It is the perfect mid-round snack/lunch that is easy to grab and go without making the mess that a normal burger would.

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Beth Orton has recorded a new cover of Joni Mitchell’s song “River”.
The song is the first release from an Amazon holiday music playlist called “All Is Bright,” which will feature new seasonal songs along with old favorites (Amazon is keeping the full track list and artists involved under wraps).
Joni Mitchell’s version, appeared on her landmark 1971 album “Blue.”
Beth told me "The song was recorded with Oliver Kraus on Cello, he also recorded and mixed the track. We recorded it at his house in Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles. Oliver is a string arranger I’ve worked with since Trailer Park. Oliver (and Beckie Doe) wrote the iconic string parts for She cries your name. We recorded the voice and cello pretty much together and then Sam Amidon laid the beautiful guitar part over that"
Here is a quote Beth gave to Wall Street Journal:
"Joni Mitchell’s River has meant a lot to me over the years. It is a song I’ve grieved to, cried along with sung at the top of my voice too because it feels so good to do so! And one I have felt less alone because of. It is also an example of what a perfect song is and can do, the melody is completely at one with the feeling of the words. It is a beautiful story told exactly.
For all the sorrow I also feel there is resolve, when the pain is that accute sometimes it flips over to a place of understaning and forgiveness for the self and others. There is compassion and a beauty in that pain and within the lines of this song. There is always hope, especailly when we know we are not alone with our feelings and our experience. Christmas is a double edged sword. Its a time for people to come together and a time to remind people who don’t have anyone to get together with of how apart they are. It can be an intolerable time!
Joni Mitchell’s River is a song that speaks to the bereft and the love lost. It is a love song of the highest order, a beautiful accompaniment to a broken heart. It speaks to me of that feeling of wanting to disapear, not just off the face of the earth, but from the self. It’s that awful acknowledgement of mistakes made and lessons learnt too late. Everything is hientened emotionally at Christmas and if there is anything undone it will be felt all the stronger.
I would dedicate this song to those who are grieving the loss of a sense of place, loved ones, family. I can’t imagine wanting to cover any other song related to Christmas (except Little drummer boy, of course!) It is an honer to try to walk in Joni’s footsteps and this is also my small tribute to her and the joy she brings my life all year round".

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Demo Flight a First Step to Commercial Jaunts to ISS
Future payloads and cargo to the International Space Station will one day be carried by commercially developed vehicles for NASA. The maiden demonstration flight of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft is one step closer after a successful 3.5-second first-stage hot fire test on March 13, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex-40.
SpaceX Director of Mission Assurance and Integration Scott Henderson said the launch pad is fully activated.
"We've been through a successful booster tanking test," Henderson said. "And the static fire of the first stage demonstrated the full countdown sequence through engine ignition."
The two-stage fully integrated launch vehicle on the pad consists of a first stage powered by nine SpaceX-developed Merlin 1C engines, a second stage, an interstage, an unpressurized trunk and the Dragon spacecraft qualification unit.
SpaceX was awarded procurement for three demonstration flights under the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services, or COTS, program managed by NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
A subsequent contract for Commercial Resupply Services, or CRS, was awarded in late 2008 to resupply the space station. The SpaceX CRS contract provides for 12 missions to resupply the station from 2011 through 2015.
Steve Cain, who is the NASA Kennedy Space Center COTS/CRS project manager, said the COTS role is to help enable commercial space capabilities.
"The team has supported the SpaceX design and facility development reviews, sharing the center's engineering expertise and other capabilities when needed," Cain said.
Kennedy worked with Space Florida to acquire several high-pressure tanks and dewars from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California for SpaceX and other COTS partners. Government Recovery Act funds were used to complete Launch Complex-40 upgrades. The lightning towers, power substation, facilities and conductive floor for the integration facility were upgraded or repaired to improve reliability.
Henderson said the NASA COTS office has been instrumental in helping SpaceX stand up its Florida launch site and sharing technical lessons that will directly help the company achieve mission success.
"Our primary objective is a successful launch, which validates our booster structures, propulsion and avionics systems," Henderson said. "We also plan to recover the first stage to explore the possibility of refurbishing key components, including the engines, for future flight."
During the flight test, the rocket will launch at a due east trajectory over the horizon. The first stage will separate and is planned to be recovered 400 miles off Florida's coast, or about three times the distance of shuttle solid rocket booster retrieval. The second stage, trunk and Dragon spacecraft will be inserted into a low Earth orbit. For this flight test, the Dragon spacecraft will send telemetry but it will not maneuver.
"This demonstration flight is a logical lead-in to the NASA COTS demonstrations, which will prove our ability to reach the space station, maneuver close to it and ultimately mate to station and pass cargo back and forth," Henderson said.
"There are three demonstration flights scheduled for NASA's COTS program," Cain said. "Each one has a specific mission objective."
The first flight test, targeted for this summer, will follow the same parameters as the SpaceX flight, with the addition of four orbits by the Dragon spacecraft, a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean and spacecraft recovery. SpaceX also plans to retrieve the Falcon 9 first stage and engines.
The second flight test is targeted for fall 2010. The Falcon 9 will launch at a 51-degree inclination, which is the same as space shuttle missions to the station. The Dragon spacecraft and trunk will "dock" to a predetermined point in space and then be brought in communication range of the station, followed by splashdown and recovery.
The third flight test, targeted for early 2011, will follow the same parameters as the second flight, with an exciting twist. The Dragon spacecraft with trunk attached will fly close to the station so that the robotic arm can be operated to grab and bring it in to dock.
Cain said, "This third flight has the potential to bring cargo up to the station and retrieve cargo for return to Earth."
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KGLI-NM Holdings, Inc will no longer buy the $30 million worth of Aboitiz Transport System Corp (ATS) common shares owned by Aboitiz & Co, Inc (ACO) and Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc (AEV).
In a letter sent to AEV and ACO, KGLI-NM said it decided to discontinue the planned purchase due to constraints in the debt market.
The initial sale was to have been completed April 30. KGLI-NM last year announced its intention to buy ATS for P4.5 billion. But early this year, it disclosed it would only purchase 49%, keeping the option of buying the rest of the company before end September 2009.
The P100-million option money paid by KGLI-NM to AEV and ACO (P82.88 million for AEV and P17.12 million for ACO) has been forfeited and will be reflected on the company’s first-quarter report for release this week.
Stephen Paradies, AEV senior vice president and chief financial officer, in a teleconference last week, said the company understood the decision of KGLI-NM. “We never looked for a buyer for the transaction. The proposal came and we looked at it. We considered KGLI’s offer fair so we proceed with the sale… They asked for time to raise funds and we gave the extension considering the situation in the debt market. But we cannot extend any longer,” Paradies said.
“If an offer comes for the business, we can’t just outright say no. We consider the price whether fair but at this point we’re not for sale,” he added.
KGLI-NM, the local subsidiary of Kuwaiti-based KGL Investment Co, earlier planned to concentrate on the expansion of the logistics and supply chain business of ATS.
ATS controls about 70% of the long-haul passage market and 30% of the cargo market.
In another development, Aboitiz One Inc (Aone) formed a 50-50 joint venture with Kerry Logistics to provide air freight and sea freight services.
Aone is a subsidiary of ATS while Kerry Logistics is a leader in logistics services and supply chain solutions in Asia.

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Depression 'raises risk of cancer death': Women with breast cancer who suffer the condition found to be 45% more likely to die
- Experts followed progress of 77,173 breast cancer patients for ten years
- Those with depression were 45% more likely to die than others, study finds
- Doctors urged women to talk to experts about their feelings to overcome the dramatically increased risk of mortality
Breast cancer patients who become depressed face a significantly higher risk of death, experts have found.
A study of 77,000 women found those with depression were 45 per cent more likely to die than those who were not depressed.
Doctors urged women to talk to experts about their feelings to overcome the dramatically increased risk of mortality.
Breast cancer patients who become depressed face a significantly higher risk of death, experts have found
They suspect cancer patients who become depressed are likely to have a less healthy lifestyle and less likely to accept treatment that could save their life.
Chronic stress could also reduce their chance of recovery.
The trend emerged after scientists at King’s College London followed the progress of 77,173 breast cancer patients for ten years.
Even after taking into account other factors that may have affected survival – including age at cancer diagnosis, stage of cancer and wealth – depressed women were far less likely to survive their disease.
Lead researcher Elizabeth Davies said: ‘Low mood and depression are understandable reactions to a breast cancer diagnosis.’
She added: ‘It is important women feel they can talk about these feelings and do not feel guilty about difficulty coping or depression, which can be a natural response to cancer diagnosis.’
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