Sex-based analysis of clinical outcomes in elderly patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma post-esophagectomy: a propensity score matching analysis.

Front Oncol · 2025 · PMC12034739 · PMID 40297813

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The analysis of survival outcomes demonstrated that while female patients tended to have longer median OS (60.2 months vs 40.0 months) and DFS (42.3 months vs 30.4 months) compared to male patients, these differences did not reach statistical significance, both before and after PSM.

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With the acceleration of population aging, there is an increasing trend of elderly patients with esophageal cancer.

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