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Impact of marital status on renal cancer patient survival.
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- Marital status and survival in cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Cancer medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Clinical decision system for renal cell carcinoma integrating interpretable machine learning algorithms.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Clinical-pathological characteristics and prognostic factors for malignant peritoneal mesothelioma in the elderly.BMC gastroenterology · 2022Article
- Cause of Death During Renal Cell Carcinoma Survivorship: A Contemporary, Population-Based Analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Association of marital status with stage and survival in patients with mycosis fungoides: A population-based study.Cancer medicine · 2021Article
- Clinical features and prognostic factors of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma stratified by age.Aging · 2021Article
- Clinicopathological characteristics and prediction of cancer-specific survival in large cell lung cancer: a population-based study.Journal of thoracic disease · 2020Article
- A real-world 1:1 propensity-matched study revealed unmarried status was independently associated with worse survival for patients with renal clear cell carcinoma.Journal of Cancer · 2019Article
- Effect of marital status on survival in glioblastoma multiforme by demographics, education, economic factors, and insurance status.Cancer medicine · 2018Article
- Association of Marital Status With T Stage at Presentation and Management of Early-Stage Melanoma.JAMA dermatology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Marital status is an independent prognostic factor for various cancer types. The present study used the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to analyze the impact of marital status on renal cancer patient survival outcomes. We identified a total of 62,405 eligible patients (23,800 women and 38,605 men). Overall 5-year renal cancer cause-specific survival (CSS) was 80.3% in the married group, 69.2% in the widowed group, 78.9% in the single group, and 76.5% in the divorced/separated group. The widowed patient group had the highest female/male ratio, more distant metastases, and fewer high-grade (III/IV) tumors. Most widowed patients (90.4%) were elderly (>60 years old). In our study, male renal cancer patients benefited more from marriage than females. We also found that white married patients had better survival outcomes than other white patient groups, but black unmarried and married patients exhibited similar survival outcomes. Our results show that, in general, unmarried patients have higher rates of cancer-specific mortality and highlight the importance of psychological intervention for cancer patients during treatment.
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