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FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.836914
Keywords
esophageal cancer; survival; SEER database; age-related; sex disparities
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- Medical Science and Technology Project of Zhejiang Provincial Health Commission [2019KY188]
- Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo [2021J289]
- Ningbo Clinical Research Center for Thoracic and Breast Neoplasms [2021L002]
- Major Science and Technology Innovation in 2025 Projects of Ningbo, China [2019B10039]
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Female esophageal cancer patients have better long-term survival rates compared to males, but the association between sex and EC survival varies depending on age, race, tumor grade, histology, and treatment modality. Sex-based disparity in EC-specific survival is related to age in the U.S. population.
BackgroundThe association between sex and the survival of patients with esophageal cancer (EC) remains controversial. We sought to systematically investigate sex-based disparities in EC survival using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registry data from the United States. MethodsPatients with EC diagnosed from 2004 to 2015 registered in the SEER database were selected. The association between sex and cancer-specific survival (CSS) was evaluated using survival analysis. The Inverse Probability Weighting (IPW) approach was applied to reduce the observed bias between males and females. Subgroup analyses were used to investigate the robustness of the sex-based disparity and to explore potential interaction effects with other variables. ResultsOverall, 29,312 eligible EC patients were analyzed, of whom 5,781 were females, and 23,531 were males. Females had higher crude CSS compared to males (10-year CSS: 24.5 vs. 21.3%; P < 0.001). Similar results were obtained after adjusting for selection bias using the IPW approach and multivariate regression. Subgroup analyses confirmed the relative robustness of sex as a prognostic factor. However, significant interactions were observed between sex and other variables, such as age, race, tumor grade, histology, and treatment modality. In particular, there was no survival advantage for premenopausal females compared to their male counterparts, but the association between sex and EC survival was prominent in 46-55-year-old patients. ConclusionsFemale EC patients had better long-term survival than males. The association between sex and EC survival vary according to age, race, tumor grade, histology, and treatment modality. Sex-based disparity in EC-specific survival was age-related in the United States population.
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