Marital status and survival in patients with cancer.

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To examine the impact of marital status on stage at diagnosis, use of definitive therapy, and cancer-specific mortality among each of the 10 leading causes of cancer-related death in the United States.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J. Clin. Oncol.

Title: Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

ISSN (Electronic): 1527-7755

ISSN (Print): 0732-183X

Publication date (Electronic): Nov 1 2013

Volume: 31

Issue: 31

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[1 ] Ayal A. Aizer, Harvard Radiation Oncology Program; Ellen P. McCarthy, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Mallika L. Mendu, Sophia Koo, Powell L. Graham, Neil E. Martin, and Paul L. Nguyen, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center; Tyler J. Wilhite, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Ming-Hui Chen, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; Karen E. Hoffman, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; and Jim C. Hu, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.

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Publisher Item ID: JCO.2013.49.6489

DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2013.49.6489

PubMed ID: 24062405

SO-VID: 743e1315-46e5-4fc4-a340-0d1cb0180f20

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