Shehnaz K. Hussain|Per Lenner|Jan Sundquist|Kari Hemminki
Influence of education level on cancer survival in Sweden
Karolinska Institutet|Umeå University|Karolinska Institutet|German Cancer Research Center|Heidelberg University|Karolinska Institutet
cancer survival several sites historically shown vary education level current comprehensive assessment survival following cancer diagnosis sweden country universal health care cancer screening yet carried outusing 2006 update swedish familycancer database coxs proportional hazards regression methods calculate adjusted hazard ratio hr 95 confidence interval estimate influence education level sitespecific cancer survivalsignificant positive associations education level cancer survival observed following diagnosis upper aerodigestive track cancer colon cancer pancreatic cancer lung cancer kidney cancer urinary bladder cancer melanoma nonhodgkins lymphoma breast cancer endometrial cancer cervical cancer prostate cancer testicular cancer although hrs differed cancer sites compared women men completing 9 years education university graduates associated significant 40 improved survival cancer sites combinedsurvival differences education level observed indolent aggressive malignancies