Regional outcome disparities in German head and neck cancer patients: Shorter survival in Eastern Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Demographics are important prognostic factors in malignant diseases. A nationwide analysis concerning the prognostic impact of demographics in head and neck cancer (HNC) patients (HNCP) has not been performed previously.

Methods

A retrospective analysis of data from the Center for Cancer Registry Data (ZfKD) and the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) between 2002 and 2017 was performed. A total of 212'920 HNCP were included. Incidence, tumor stage, age development, sex distribution, age-, residence-, and diagnosis-time-specific survival were examined.

Results

Mean age of HNCP increased more rapidly than in the general population (slope coefficient: 0.29 vs. 0.20; p < 0.0001). Higher age and male sex were associated with a worse prognosis. Whereas overa

SUBMITTER: Vahl JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10726835 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature