Early death after a diagnosis of metastatic solid cancer-raising awareness and identifying risk factors from the SEER database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer death rates are declining, in part due to smoking cessation, better detection and new treatments; nevertheless, a large fraction of metastatic cancer patients die soon after diagnosis. Few studies and interventions focus on these patients. Our study aims to characterize early mortality in a wide range of metastatic solid tumors.

Methods

We retrieved data on adult patients diagnosed with pathologically confirmed de- novo metastatic solid tumors between the years 2004-2016 from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database (SEER). Our primary outcome was cancer specific early death rate (defined as death within two months of diagnosis). Additional data extracted included socio-demographical data, tumor primary, sites of metastases, and cause of dea

SUBMITTER: Globus O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10522015 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature