Causes of death in endometrial cancer survivors: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result-based analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing attention has been paid to the survival of endometrial cancer (EC) patients, but the non-cancer causes of death from EC are rarely reported. This study primarily aimed to investigate the non-cancer causes of death in patients with EC.

Methods

The study collected relevant data, including age, tumour stage and treatment mode, on patients diagnosed with endometrial malignancies from 2000 to 2015 in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Programme. We analysed the standardised mortality ratio (SMR) to determine the cause of death.

Results

The study included 135,831 patients with EC. During the follow-up, 46,604 (34.3%) patients died, of whom 42.9%, 15.6% and 41.5% died of EC, other cancers and non-cancer causes, respectively. As the d

SUBMITTER: Xue Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10225232 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature