Effects of Parkinson's disease on survival in cancer survivors: a retrospective, multicentre cohort study in Japan.

ABSTRACT: Aging populations and advances in medical care have contributed to an increase in the number of patients with Parkinson's disease and cancer survivors. However, the effects of Parkinson's disease on the survival of patients with cancer remain unclear. We aimed to investigate the effect of Parkinson's disease on the prognosis of patients with cancer. This retrospective multicentre cohort study used data from the Osaka Cancer Registry, which was linked to administrative data obtained between 2010 and 2015 in Japan. Patients with cancer who were followed up for 5 years after cancer diagnosis were categorized into Parkinson's disease and non- Parkinson's disease groups according to the presence of comorbid Parkinson's disease. We compared survival between the two groups using Kaplan-Meier anal

SUBMITTER: Asai K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12492484 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature