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Widowed status increases the risk of death in vulvar cancer.
Future Oncology 2018 May 11
AIM: To evaluate the effect of marital status on survival of patients with vulvar cancer.
MATERIALS & METHODS: A total of 4001 patients with vulvar cancer were included from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. Statistical analyses were performed using χ2 test, Kaplan-Meier method, Cox regression proportional hazards and a 1:1 propensity score-matching.
RESULTS: The 8-year vulvar cancer-related survival in married, divorced, single and widowed patients were 78.6, 82.2, 78.9 and 61.6%, respectively (p < 0.001). In multivariate analysis, widows patients had significantly worse vulvar cancer survival than the nonwidowed counterparts in unmatched and matched populations.
CONCLUSION: Being widowed is associated with greater risk of vulvar cancer mortality than the nonwidowed counterparts.
MATERIALS & METHODS: A total of 4001 patients with vulvar cancer were included from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. Statistical analyses were performed using χ2 test, Kaplan-Meier method, Cox regression proportional hazards and a 1:1 propensity score-matching.
RESULTS: The 8-year vulvar cancer-related survival in married, divorced, single and widowed patients were 78.6, 82.2, 78.9 and 61.6%, respectively (p < 0.001). In multivariate analysis, widows patients had significantly worse vulvar cancer survival than the nonwidowed counterparts in unmatched and matched populations.
CONCLUSION: Being widowed is associated with greater risk of vulvar cancer mortality than the nonwidowed counterparts.
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