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. 1996 Sep;74(6):985–988. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1996.470

Influence of marital status on survival from colon and rectal cancer in Denmark

C Johansen, G Schou, H Soll-Johanning, A Mellemgaard, E Lynge
PMCID: PMC2074728  PMID: 8826871

Abstract

Survival from colorectal cancer has been analysed in relation to marital status in a nationwide Danish study of 9596 patients with complete follow-up of 22-26 years. After exclusion of 2294 patients with missing information adjusted five-year survival among married patients was significantly longer (RR=0.85; 95% CI 0.78-0.93).

Keywords: Colorectal cancer, marital status, survival, epidemiology

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