title: Effect of sex and reproductive history on the survival of patients with colorectal cancer.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010298:Parity; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D012737:Sex Factors