Marital Status and Survival in Pancreatic Cancer Patients: A SEER Based Analysis

Michael Baine, Freshta Sahak, Chi Lin, Subhankar Chakraborty, Elizabeth Lyden and Surinder K Batra

PLOS ONE, 2011, vol. 6, issue 6, 1-9

Abstract: Background: Recent findings suggest that marital status affects survival in patients with different types of cancer. However, its role in the survival of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is unknown. In this study, we investigated whether there was an association between marital status and overall survival (OS) in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Methods: Adult patients diagnosed with PDAC between 1998 and 2003 with known marital statuses were identified from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registry of the National Cancer Institute. OS for these patients was plotted using the Kaplan-Meier method. Comparative risks of mortality were evaluated by using univariate and multivariate-adjusted Cox regression models. Results: Using Kaplan-Meier analysis, we found that the median overall survival of patients was 4 months and 3 months (p

Date: 2011
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