1. The advantage of women in cancer survival: An analysis of EUROCARE-4 data
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Micheli, A., Ciampichini, R., Oberaigner, W., Ciccolallo, L., de Vries, E., Izarzugaza, I., Zambon, P., Gatta, G., De Angelis, R., Hackl, M., Van Eycken, E., Verstreken, Martine, Holub, J., Jurickova, L., Storm, H. H., Engholm, G., Hakulinen, T., Belot, A., Hedelin, G., Velten, M., Tron, I., Le Gall, E., Launoy, G., Guizard, A. V., Faivre, J., Bouvier, A. M., Carli, P. M., Maynadie, M., Danzon, A., Buemi, A., Tretarre, B., Lacour, B., Desandes, E., Colonna, M., Molinie, F., Bara, S., Schvartz, C., Ganry, O., Grosclaude, P., Brenner, H., Kaatsch, P., Ziegler, H., Tryggvadottir, L., Comber, H., Berrino, F., Allemani, C., Baili, P., Sant, M., Sowe, S., Zigon, G., Tagliabue, G., Contiero, P., Bellu`, F., Giacomin, A., Ferretti, S., Serraino, D., Dal Maso, L., De Dottori, M., D. e. Paoli, A., Zanier, L., Vercelli, M., Orengo, M. A., Casella, C., Quaglia, A., Pannelli, F., Federico, M., Rashid, I., Cirilli, C., Fusco, M., Traina, A., De Lisi, V., Bozzani, F., Magnani, C., Pastore, G., Tumino, R., La Rosa, M. G., Spata, E., Sigona, A., Mangone, L., Falcini, F., Foca, F., Giorgetti, S., Senatore, G., Iannelli, A., Budroni, M., Patriarca, S., Zanetti, R., Rosso, S., Piffer, S., Franchini, S., Paci, E., Crocetti, E., La Rosa, F., Stracci, F., Cassetti, T., Guzzinati, S., Caldora, M., Capocaccia, R., Carrani, E., Francisci, S., Grande, E., Inghelmann, R., Lenz, H., Martina, L., Roazzi, P., Santaquilani, M., Simonetti, A., Tavilla, A., Verdecchia, A., Dalmas, M., Langmark, F., Bray, F., Johannesen, T. B., Rachtan, J., Gozdz, S., Siudowska, U., Mezyk, R., Bielska-Lasota, M., Zwierko, M., Pinheiro, P. S., Primic-Zakelj, M., Mateos, A., Torrella-Ramos, A., Zurriaga, Oscar, Marcos-Gragera, R., Vilardell, M. L., Izquierdo, A., Martinez-Garcia, C., Sanchez, M. J., Navarro, C., Chirlaque, M. D., Peris-Bonet, R., Ardanaz, E., Moreno, C., Galceran, J., Klint, A., Talback, M., Jundt, G., Usel, M., Frick, H., Ess, S. M., Bordoni, A., Luthi, J. C., Konzelmann, I., Probst, N., Lutz, J. M., Pury, P., Visser, O., Otter, R., Schaapveld, M., Coebergh, J. W. W., Janssen-Heijnen, M. L., Louis van der Heijden, Null, Greenberg, D. C., Coleman, M. P., Woods, Laura, Moran, T., Forman, D., Cooper, N., Roche, M., Verne, J., Mã¸ller, H., Meechan, D., Poole, J., Lawrence, G., Stiller, C., Gavin, A., Black, R. J., Brewster, D. H., Steward, J. A., Basque Country Cancer Registry, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Carcinogénèse épithéliale : facteurs prédictifs et pronostiques - UFC ( CEF2P / CARCINO ), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Besançon] ( CHRU Besançon ) -Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté ( UBFC ) -Université de Franche-Comté ( UFC ), Carcinogénèse épithéliale : facteurs prédictifs et pronostiques - UFC (EA 3181) (CEF2P / CARCINO), Université de Franche-Comté (UFC), Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Besançon (CHRU Besançon), and Public Health
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Oncology ,Male ,Pathology ,Cancer Research ,cancer survival - women ,MESH : Age Distribution ,MESH : Aged ,MESH: Risk Assessment ,[ SDV.CAN ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer ,0302 clinical medicine ,MESH: Aged, 80 and over ,Residence Characteristics ,Neoplasms ,80 and over ,Gender differences ,Sex hormones ,MESH: Neoplasms ,MESH : Female ,MESH: Residence Characteristics ,Young adult ,Age of Onset ,MESH : Risk Assessment ,MESH : Sex Distribution ,MESH: Diagnosis-Related Groups ,MESH: Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,0303 health sciences ,education.field_of_study ,MESH: Middle Aged ,Relative survival ,Thyroid ,MESH: Sex Distribution ,Middle Aged ,MESH : Adult ,3. Good health ,MESH : Age of Onset ,Europe ,MESH : Diagnosis-Related Groups ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,MESH: Young Adult ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,MESH: Survival Analysis ,MESH : Residence Characteristics ,Female ,EUROCARE ,Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,MESH: Age of Onset ,MESH : Male ,MESH : Sex Factors ,Population ,MESH : Europe ,MESH : Young Adult ,Rectum ,Socio-culturale ,[SDV.CAN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer ,Risk Assessment ,03 medical and health sciences ,Young Adult ,Age Distribution ,Sex Factors ,MESH: Sex Factors ,SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being ,Internal medicine ,MESH : Adolescent ,medicine ,Humans ,MESH : Middle Aged ,Sex Distribution ,education ,MESH : Aged, 80 and over ,MESH: Age Distribution ,Survival analysis ,Diagnosis-Related Groups ,030304 developmental biology ,Aged ,MESH: Adolescent ,MESH: Humans ,business.industry ,MESH : Humans ,Cancer ,Cancer survival ,Survival Analysis ,MESH: Adult ,medicine.disease ,MESH : Neoplasms ,MESH: Male ,MESH: Europe ,Age of onset ,MESH : Survival Analysis ,business ,MESH: Female - Abstract
We analysed 1.6 million population-based EUROCARE-4 cancer cases (26 cancer sites, excluding sex-specific sites, and breast) from 23 countries to investigate the role of sex in cancer survival according to age at diagnosis, site, and European region. For 15 sites (salivary glands, head and neck, oesophagus, stomach, colon and rectum, pancreas, lung, pleura, bone, melanoma of skin, kidney, brain, thyroid, Hodgkin disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma) age- and region-adjusted relative survival was significantly higher in women than men. By multivariable analysis, women had significantly lower relative excess risk (RER) of death for the sites listed above plus multiple myeloma. Women significantly had higher RER of death for biliary tract, bladder and leukaemia. For all cancers combined women had a significant 5% lower RER of death. Age at diagnosis was the main determinant of the women's advantage, which, however, decreased with increasing age, becoming negligible in the elderly, suggesting that sex hormone patterns may have a role in women's superior ability to cope with cancer. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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