Effect of sex and reproductive history on the survival of patients with colorectal cancer.
The survival rate of women with colorectal carcinoma is higher than that of men. This is true when censored survival rates are compared (P = 0.0008) as well as when relative survival rates are utilized to compensate for the increased life expectancy of females. Women never pregnant (n = 56) or women with no children (n = 66) showed survival rates similar to men, but significantly different to women with one or more children. The actual number of children, however, did not correlate with survival rates.
D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010298:Parity; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D012737:Sex Factors