Effect of Marital Status on Years of Life Lost From Metastatic Prostate Cancer According to Race/Ethnicity.

Key Points

• Evaluate how marital status influences years of life lost from metastatic prostate cancer across different races and ethnicities.
• Comparison of unmarried metastatic prostate cancer patients to married patients.
• Use of age- and sex-matched simulated population controls.
• Analysis of years of life lost based on marital status and race.
• Unmarried patients had higher years of life lost compared to married counterparts.
• Causative factors for years of life lost varied by race: both CSM and OCM for Caucasians, CSM for African Americans, and OCM for Hispanics.