Assessment of Modifiable Factors for the Association of Marital Status With Cancer-Specific Survival.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Married patients with cancer have better cancer-specific survival than unmarried patients. Increasing the early diagnosis and definitive treatment of cancer among unmarried patients may reduce the survival gap.

Objectives

To evaluate the extent to which marriage is associated with cancer-specific survival, stage at diagnosis, and treatment among patients with 9 common solid cancers and to recommend methods for reducing the survival gap.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective, population-based cohort study included patients older than 18 years who were diagnosed with 1 of 9 common cancers between January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2016. Patient data were retrieved from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program. Statistical analyses

SUBMITTER: Chen ZH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8164101 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature