title: Factors affecting the survival of 121 patients treated for endometrial carcinoma at a Polish hospital.
abstract: A retrospective analysis was made of 121 patients treated for endometrial carcinoma. Patients who were married and were professionally active at the time of the diagnosis of endometrial cancer had a significantly longer predictive 5-year survival in comparison to other groups of patients. A significantly longer expected 5-year survival was observed in married patients compared to widowed and single patients (P=0.01). Patients who were professionally active at the time of diagnosis had a longer expected 5-year survival than retired patients and housewives (P=0.05). Statistically better prognoses were confirmed in patients with clinically less advanced disease (P=0.003) and a lesser degree of histologic differentiation (P=0.04). However, obese patients had a longer 5-year survival compared to non-obese patients and the difference was statistically significant (P=0.05). Body-mass index (BMI) in the range of 25-29 had a favourable influence on predictive 5-year survival (P=0.05).
authors.affiliation: Chrobrego 50A, 76-200 Slupsk, Poland. zbigstud@polbox.com
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Studzĩnski
authors.forename: Witold
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zajewski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017533:Marital Status; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D009790:Occupations; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012179:Retirement; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate