Sex and Survival After Surgery for Lung Cancer: A Swedish Nationwide Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prior reports on a possible female survival advantage in both surgical and nonsurgical cohorts of patients with lung cancer are conflicting. Previously reported differences in survival after lung cancer surgery could be the result of insufficient control for disparities in risk factor profiles in men and women.

Research question

Do women who undergo pulmonary resections for lung cancer have a better prognosis than men when taking a wide range of prognostic factors into account?

Study design and methods

We performed a nationwide population-based observational cohort study analyzing sex-specific survival after pulmonary resections for lung cancer. We identified 6356 patients from the Swedish National Quality Register for General Thoracic Surgery and performed

SUBMITTER: Sachs E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8129733 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature