ArticleBMJ open2014
Marital status and survival after oesophageal cancer surgery: a population-based nationwide cohort study in Sweden.
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- Marital status is associated with superior survival in patients with esophageal cancer: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results study.Oncotarget · 2017Article
- The influence of marital status on the survival of patients with esophageal cancer: a population-based, propensity-matched study.Oncotarget · 2017Article
- Impact of Marital Status on Tumor Stage at Diagnosis and on Survival in Male Breast Cancer.American journal of men's health · 2017Article
- Marital status and survival in patients with gastric cancer.Cancer medicine · 2016Article
- The impact of marital status at diagnosis on cancer survival in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer.Cancer medicine · 2016Article
- Nomogram for predicting overall and cancer-specific survival in patients with postoperative follicular thyroid cancer.Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngologyArticle
- Influence of Caregiver Presence During Physician Office Visits on Patients Undergoing Chemoradiation Therapy for Esophageal Cancer.Advances in radiation oncologyArticle
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Abstract
objectivesA beneficial effect of being married on survival has been shown for several cancer types, but is unclear for oesophageal cancer. The objective of this study was to clarify the potential influence of the marital status on the overall and disease-specific survival after curatively intended treatment of oesophageal cancer using a nationwide population-based design, taking into account the known major prognostic variables.
designProspective, population-based cohort.
settingAll Swedish hospitals performing surgery for oesophageal cancer during 2001-2005.
participantsThis study included 90% of all patients with oesophageal or junctional cancer who underwent surgical resection in Sweden in 2001-2005, with follow-up until death or the end of the study period (2012). PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Cox regression was used to estimate associations between the marital status and the 5-year overall and disease-specific mortality, expressed as HRs with 95% CIs, with adjustment for sex, age, tumour stage, histological type, complications, comorbidities and annual surgeon volume.
resultsOf all 606 included patients (80.4% men), 55.1% were married, 9.2% were remarried, 22.6% were previously married and 13% were never married. Compared with the married patients, the never married (HR 1.02, 95% CI 0.77 to 1.35), previously married (HR 0.90, 95% CI 0.71 to 1.15) and remarried patients (HR 0.79, 95% CI 0.55 to 1.13) had no increased overall 5-year mortality. The corresponding HRs for disease-specific survival, and after excluding the initial 90 days of surgery, were similar to the HRs for the overall survival.
conclusionsThis study showed no evidence of a better 5-year survival in married patients compared with non-married patients undergoing surgery for oesophageal cancer.
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