Marital status and survival after oesophageal cancer surgery: a population-based nationwide cohort study in Sweden

摘要

ObjectivesA beneficial effect of being married on survival has been shown for several cancer types, but is unclear for oesophageal cancer. The objective of this study was to clarify the potential influence of the marital status on the overall and disease-specific survival after curatively intended treatment of oesophageal cancer using a nationwide population-based design, taking into account the known major prognostic variables.