Cognitive Trajectories in Older Adults Diagnosed With Hematologic Malignant Neoplasms.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

More people are surviving long-term after diagnosis with hematologic malignant neoplasm (HMN), yet there are limited data on cancer-related cognitive impairment in people with HMN. Better understanding cognitive outcomes after HMN in older adults is important for patient counseling and management.

Objective

To model cognitive trajectories and rates of cognitive decline before and after HMN diagnosis in older adults compared with a matched noncancer cohort.

Design, setting, and participants

In this population-based cohort study, older adults from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) diagnosed with HMN between 1998 and 2016 after age 65 years were matched 1:3 to participants without cancer from the same HRS wave using propensity scores incorporating variable

SUBMITTER: Huang LW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11365001 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature