Trends in cause of death among patients with renal cell carcinoma in the United States: a SEER-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) survival has improved due to recent developments in RCC treatment. Therefore, other co-morbid conditions may have a more critical role. This study aims to explore the common causes of death in patients with RCC to improve the management and survival of RCC.

Method

We used the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) (1992-2018) database to get patients with RCC. We calculated the percentage of total deaths of six kinds of the cause of death (COD) and the cumulative incidence of death for each selected cause over survival time. The joinpoint regression was utilized to present the trend of mortality rate by COD.

Results

We enrolled 107,683 cases with RCC. RCC was the leading cause of death in patients with RCC [25376(48.3%

SUBMITTER: Zhan X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10131378 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature