Open AccessSingle Marital Status and Infectious Mortality in Women With Cervical Cancer in the United States
Author(s) -
Hiroko Machida,
Sarah Eckhardt,
Antonio V. Castaneda,
Erin A. Blake,
Huyen Q. Pham,
Lynda D. Roman,
Koji Matsuo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of gynecological cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.901
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1525-1438
pISSN - 1048-891X
DOI - 10.1097/igc.0000000000001068
Subject(s) - medicine , cervical cancer , marital status , gynecology , obstetrics , demography , oncology , cancer , environmental health , population , sociology
Unmarried status including single marital status is associated with increased mortality in women bearing malignancy. Infectious disease weights a significant proportion of mortality in patients with malignancy. Here, we examined an association of single marital status and infectious mortality in cervical cancer.