The impact of comorbidity on overall survival in elderly nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients: a National Cancer Data Base analysis

• Main Authors: Huang, Y, Chen, W, Haque, W, Verma, V, Xing, Y, Teh, B.S, Brian Butler, E
• Other Authors: DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL
• Format: Article
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: antineoplastic agent; aged; Article; cancer patient; cancer prognosis; cancer radiotherapy; cancer registry; cancer survival; cause of death; Charlson Comorbidity Index; comorbidity; controlled study; female; follow up; human; intensity modulated radiation therapy; major clinical study; male; mortality risk; nasopharynx carcinoma; overall survival; priority journal; prognostic value; very elderly; age; cancer staging; factual database; Kaplan Meier method; mortality; multimodality cancer therapy; survival rate; United States; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Combined Modality Therapy; Comorbidity; Databases, Factual; Female; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Male; Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma; Neoplasm Staging; SEER Program; Survival Rate
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/178249
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1002/cam4.1377