Evaluating the risk of comorbidity onset in elderly patients after a cancer diagnosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer is a critical disease that affects a person physically, mentally, socially, and in many other aspects. During the treatment stage of cancer, patients suffer from various health complexities, especially elderly people, which might result in the onset of other diseases development of a comorbid condition. Several studies have shown comorbidity plays a crucial role in cancer survival. However, there remains a lack of comprehensive statistical techniques at the national level studies to assess the significance of comorbidities development in cancer. Our research aims to address this gap by comparing cancer and non-cancer individuals over four years' time period.

Methods

The Health Retirement Study (HRS) data was used to extract information from 6651 participant

SUBMITTER: Islam MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11834647 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature