Controlled register-based study of road traffic accidents in 12,651 Finnish cancer patients during 2013-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little controlled evidence exists on road traffic accident (RTA) risk among patients diagnosed with cancer, while clinicians are often requested to comment their ability to drive. The aim of this study was to evaluate RTA risk in a population-based cohort of cancer patients living in Southwest Finland.

Patients

All adult patients diagnosed with cancer in 2013-2019 were included. Acute appendectomy/cholecystectomy and actinic keratosis patients without cancer were selected from the same region as the control cohort. Participants were cross-referenced to a national driving licence database, yielding 12,651 cancer and 6334 control patients with a valid licence. Due to marked differences in their clinical presentation, the cancer cohort was divided into nine cancers o

SUBMITTER: Huuskonen ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10067070 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature