Stage IIB-IVA cervix carcinoma in elderly patients treated with radiation therapy: a longitudinal cohort study by propensity score matching analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to evaluate the treatment modality and prognostic impact of the age at diagnosis on stage IIB-IVA cervix carcinoma (CC) patients who received radiotherapy (RT).The evaluation was performed using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database.

Patients and methods

From the SEER database, we included the patients with a histopathological diagnosis of CC between 2004 and 2016. Subsequently, we compared the treatment outcomes between patients aged ≥ 65 years (OG) and < 65 years (YG) by propensity score matching (PSM) analysis and Cox proportional hazard regression models.

Results

The data of 5,705 CC patients were obtained from the SEER database. We observed that the OG patients were significantly less likely to receive chemotherapy, br

SUBMITTER: Shou H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10193738 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature