International Journal of Women's Health Care(IJWHC)
ISSN: 2573-9506 | DOI: 10.33140/IJWHC
Impact Factor: 1.011*
Marital Status Independently Predicts Survival in Patients with Small Cell Lung Cancer: A SEER Database Analysis
Abstract
Pei Luo, Keyu Zhao, Liping Yang, Xin Yao, Chao Pan, Aijing Bao, Can Huang, Jun Guo
Purpose: This study will investigate the relationship between marital status and prognosis in small cell lung cancer patients.
Methods: Patients of SCLC was selected from the SEER database (1973-2013) and the patient sinformation. Kaplan-Meier analysis, log-rank test and Cox regression model were used for studying patient prognosis.
Result: 27069 SCLC patients eligible for inclusion were screened from the SEER database. Kaplan-meier test showed that the median OS values were 8, 7, 6 months in married, single and SDW patients, respectively.
Conclusion: This study shows that marital status is an independent prognostic factor for overall survival in SCLC patients. Married patients with small cell lung cancer have better prognosis than those who were divorced/separated, widowed and single.