Abstract
To study the effect of marital status on survival outcome in people diagnosed with glioma, not otherwise specified using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database.We chose patients diagnosed with glioma between 2000 and 2014 from the SEER database and recorded their disease-related data. We then analyzed overall 5-year cause-specific survival with respect to different marital statuses. There were 617 patients (262 women and 355 men). Of these, 54.0% (n = 333), 24.6% (n = 152), 8.6% (n = 53), and 12.8% (n = 79) were married, single, divorced (or separated), and widowed, respectively. The 5-year cause-specific survival was 39.30%, 64.50%, 60.40%, and 10.10% in the married, single, divorce (or separated), and widowed groups, respectively. The widowed group had substantially higher risk of glioma-related death than did the married group (hazard ratio 1.77, 95% confidence interval 1.337–2.344, P < .001). Being widowed provided higher risk of glioma mortality compared than did marital statuses. Widowed people should be given more support and psychological intervention by society.
Highlights
Glioma is defined as all tumors derived from neuroepithelial tissue
We explored the impact of marital status on glioma patient causespecific survival (CSS)
We sought to determine the influence of marital status on survival outcome in patients who were diagnosed with glioma between
Summary
Glioma is defined as all tumors derived from neuroepithelial tissue. It is a malignant tumor that originates in the brain and accounts for about half of all intracranial tumors.[1,2] According to the World Health Organization (WHO) tumor grading system, gliomas are classified into WHO I–IV. Grades III and IV have higher malignancy and poor prognosis. Gliomas are malignant tumors of the brain, not all glioma types grow in a malignant manner.[3] The incidence of glioma in 1973 was approximately 5.9 of 100,000, and it is currently increasing to approximately 6.61 of 100,000. The use of radiodiagnosis is one of the main reasons for the rapid increase in the incidence of glioma.[1,4] At present, the primary treatment strategy for glioma
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