Sex Differences in Cancer-Specific Survival Are Pronounced during Adolescence and Young Adulthood: A SEER Population-Based Study

Sex differences in cancer survival may be related to hormonal changes during puberty and menopause; therefore, we investigated sex differences in the cancer-specific survival rates of children, adolescents and young adults (AYAs), and older adults with sex-nonspecific cancers. We interrogated the No...

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Published in:Epidemiolgia (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2021-09, Vol.2 (3), p.391-401
Main Authors: Sultan, Iyad, Amarin, Justin Z, Mansour, Razan, Sultan, Hala, Al-Hussaini, Maysa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescence
Adults
Age groups
Cancer
Children & youth
Disease
epidemiology
Gender differences
Girls
Hormones
Immune system
Leukemia
Menopause
Mortality
neoplasms
Older people
Population
Population-based studies
Puberty
SEER program
sex characteristics
survival analysis
Teenagers
Tumors
Womens health
Young adults
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Summary:Sex differences in cancer survival may be related to hormonal changes during puberty and menopause; therefore, we investigated sex differences in the cancer-specific survival rates of children, adolescents and young adults (AYAs), and older adults with sex-nonspecific cancers. We interrogated the November 2019 submission of the SEER 18 database and included microscopically confirmed cases of first primary malignant tumors. We stratified the dataset into children (
ISSN:2673-3986
2673-3986
DOI:10.3390/epidemiologia2030029