Trends in survival for cancer patients aged 65 years or over from 1995 to 2014 in the United States: A population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adults aged 65 years and above account for over half of all cancer diagnoses in the United States, but little is known about trend of elderly cancer survival in the United States. We aimed to assess the survival trend for elderly cancer in the United States from 1995 to 2014.

Methods

We used data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results 12 registries and included 1,112,441 eligible patients aged 65 years or older who were diagnosed between 1995 and 2014 with cancer and followed up until December 2019. Overall and stage-specific 5-year relative survival, ratio of observed survival to expected survival, with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of elderly cancer patients stratified by age were estimated during four periods (1995-1999, 2000-2004, 2005-2009, and 201

SUBMITTER: An L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10028112 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature