The effect of marital status on cervical cancer related prognosis: a propensity score matching study.

ABSTRACT: Cervical cancer is the fourth most common malignancy in women worldwide and the fourth leading cause of cancer death in women. Although an association between marital status and prognosis has been observed in a variety of malignancies, this link has not been fully elucidated in the field of cervical cancer. A total of 30,853 patients were enrolled in this study, of whom 14,286 (46.3%) were married and 16,567 (53.7%) were unmarried. The median follow-up time was 76 months. Before propensity score matching (PSM), cancer-specific survival (CSS) (HR = 1.55, 95% CI 1.49-1.61, p < 0.001) and overall survival (OS) (HR = 1.66, 95% CI 1.61-1.73, p < 0.001) in unmarried patients were significantly lower than those in married patients. After 1:1 PSM matching, there were 10,771 patients in each of the

SUBMITTER: Pei K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12508153 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature