Marital status does not affect the cancer-specific survival of patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma treated with nephroureterectomy: a propensity score matching study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between marital status and the prognosis of patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) treated with nephroureterectomy (NU).

Methods

Patients with UTUC who received NU treatment were identified from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database between 2004 and 2015. Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox regression were used to analyze the effect of marital status on cancer-specific survival (CSS), and 1:1 propensity score matching (PSM) was performed for married and unmarried patients to explore further the effect of marital status on patients with UTUC.

Results

Among 1565 eligible patients, 960 (61.3%) were married and 605 (38.7%) were unmarried, of which 146 (9.3%) were divo

SUBMITTER: Mao W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7768858 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature