Psychological distress among male patients and male spouses: what do oncologists need to know?

Goldzweig, Gil; Andritsch, Elisabeth; Hubert, Ayala; Brenner, Baruch; Walach, Natalio; Perry, Shlomit; Baider, Lea

doi:10.1093/annonc/mdp398

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“…Studies showed diagnosis of cancer caused more distress than other diseases 29. Married people were easier to benefit from social support from their friends and family and displayed less distress and depression after the cancer diagnosis 30. Patients with depression displayed three times greater odds to be noncompliant with medical treatment recommendations compared with those who were not depressed 31.…”

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Marital status and survival in patients with gastric cancer

et al. 2016

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The objective of this study is to examine the impact of marital status on incidence of metastasis at diagnosis, receipt of surgery, and cause‐specific survival (CSS) in patients with gastric cancer (GC). Research data is extracted from The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database, and 18,196 patients diagnosed with GC from 2004 to 2010 are involved. Effects of marital status on incidence of metastasis at diagnosis, receipt of surgery, and CSS are determined using multivariable logistic regression and multivariable Cox regression models, as appropriate. Single GC patients have a higher incidence of metastasis at diagnosis than married patients, while the differences between divorced/separated patients or widowed patients and married patients are not significant. Among those without distant metastasis, single patients, divorced/separated patients, and widowed patients are much less likely to accept surgery compared with married patients. Finally, in the whole group of 18,196 GC patients, single patients, divorced/separated patients, and widowed patients have shorter CSS compared with married patients, even in each of the TNM stage. Marriage had a protective effect against undertreatment and cause‐specific mortality (CSM) in GC. Spousal support may contribute to higher rate of surgery receipt and better survival in patients with GC.

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Marital status and survival in patients with gastric cancer

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“…32,33 In addition, our study showed that nonmarried patients experienced elevated mortality compared with married patients, an observation consistent with previous findings for many cancers including NHL. [34][35][36] The most likely explanation is that married patients have stronger social support from spouses, 34 which results in better adherence with prescribed treatments 37 and less psychological difficulties, 38 than nonmarried cancer patients. Our finding of the more marked inverse association between SES and mortality in married DLBCL patients may result from differences in insurance status between married and nonmarried DLBCL patients in our study.…”

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Socioeconomic disparities in mortality after diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in the modern treatment era

Foran

Clarke

et al. 2014

Blood

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“…27 Furthermore, as suggested by previous studies, the phenomenon can be further explained by the psychological factors in cancer development itself as well as compliance or adherence to cancer-related therapy. 27,[29][30][31][32] Therefore, the effect of marriage on patient survival is likely the result of interactions within a complex network of social-economic-psychological factors, and marital status maybe one of the best parameters to summarize this network. Our study also identified follicular lymphoma as a significant factor in prolonging survival in PISCL patients, with a relative hazard of 0.25 when compared with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma; in contrast, other cell types did not demonstrate a similar association.…”

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Primary intramedullary spinal cord lymphoma: a population-based study

Yang

Garzón-Muvdi

Braileanu

et al. 2016

NEUONC

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Background. Primary intramedullary spinal cord lymphoma (PISCL) is a rare diagnosis with poorly understood disease progression. Clarification of the factors associated with survival in PISCL patients is warranted. Methods. We conducted a population-based cohort study utilizing prospectively collected data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. Patients with histological diagnosis of primary lymphoma in spinal cord (C72.0) from 1973 to 2012 in the SEER database were included. Multivariable survival analysis between patient, lesion characteristics, and PISCL-related death was performed to adjust for confounding factors. Results. We included 346 PISCL patients in our study. Average age was 56.5 ± 17.8 years, with 62.7% being male. Racial distribution of these patients was white (87.6%), black (8.0%), and other (4.3%). More than half (55.8%) of patients were married. The most prevalent histology of PISCL was diffuse B-cell (46.2%), and the majority (55.2%) were low stage (Ann Arbor stage I/II). Most patients (67.9%) received radiation therapy. Average survival interval of patients with PISCL-related death (n=135, 39.0%) was 27.8 months. General cumulative survival probability at 1 year, 2 years, and 5 years was 73.8%, 67.9%, and 63.1%, respectively. Multivariable accelerated failure time (AFT) regression showed follicular lymphoma (HR:0.25, P=.008) and more recent diagnosis (HR:0.96, P<.001) was positively associated with PISCL-related survival. Conversely, nonwhite race (HR:1.69, P=.046), older age (HR:1.02, P<.001), unmarried status (HR:2.14, P<.001), and higher stage (HR:1.54, P=.022) were negatively associated with survival. Conclusions. Age, race, marital status, tumor histology, tumor stage, and year of diagnosis were associated with survival of PISCL. While most PISCL-related deaths occur within a 1-year period, subsequent slow progression was observed after the first year of survival.

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Psychological distress among male patients and male spouses: what do oncologists need to know?

Cited by 136 publications

References 28 publications

Marital status and survival in patients with gastric cancer

Marital status and survival in patients with gastric cancer

Socioeconomic disparities in mortality after diffuse large B-cell lymphoma in the modern treatment era

Primary intramedullary spinal cord lymphoma: a population-based study

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