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Marital status and survival in patients with primary liver cancer.
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- Marital Status and Survival in Osteosarcoma Patients: An Analysis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Database.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2019Article
- Increased incidence of second primary malignancy in patients with malignant astrocytoma: a population-based study.Bioscience reports · 2019Article
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- Marital status and survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: an analysis of 70006 patients in the SEER database.Oncotarget · 2017Article
- Marital status and survival in epithelial ovarian cancer patients: a SEER-based study.Oncotarget · 2017Article
- The influence of marital status on survival in patients with oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma.Oncotarget · 2017Article
- Benefits of marriage on relative and conditional relative cancer survival differ between males and females in the USA.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundMarital status is viewed as an independent prognostic factor for survival in various cancer types. However, its role in primary liver cancer has yet to be thoroughly explored.
objectiveTo investigate the impact of marital status on survival outcomes among liver cancer patients.
resultsWe finally identified 40,809 eligible liver cancer patients between 2004 and 2012, including 21,939 (53.8%) patients were married at diagnosis and 18,870 (46.2%) were unmarried (including 5,871 divorced/separated, 4,338 widowed and 8,660 single). Married patients enjoyed overall and cause-specific survival outcomes compared with patients who were divorced/separated, widowed, single, respectively. The survival benefit associated with marriage still persisted even after adjusted for known confounders. Widowed individuals were at greater risk of overall and cancer-specific mortality compared to other groups. Similar associations were observed in subgroup analyses according to SEER stage. MATERIALS AND
methodsWe used the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database to identify 40,809 patients diagnosed with primary liver cancer between 2004 and 2012. Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox regression were performed to identify the influence of marital status on overall survival (OS) and liver cancer-specific survival (CSS).
conclusionsIn primary liver cancer patients, married patients enjoyed survival benefits while widowed persons suffered survival disadvantages in both overall survival and cancer-specific survival.
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