Marital status and survival after oesophageal cancer surgery: a population-based nationwide cohort study in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

A 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.

Design

Prospective, population-based cohort.

Setting

All Swedish hospitals performing surgery for oesophageal cancer during 2001-2005.

Participants

This 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 per

SUBMITTER: Brusselaers N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4054621 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature