The impact of comorbidity on mortality in Danish sarcoma patients from 2000-2013: A nationwide population-based multicentre study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Sarcoma is a rare type of cancer. The incidence increases with age and elderly patients may have comorbidity that affects the prognosis. The aim of this study was to describe the type and prevalence of comorbidity in a nationwide population-based study in Denmark from 2000-2013 and to analyse the impact of the different comorbidities on mortality.

Material and methods

The Danish Sarcoma Registry is a national clinical database containing all patients with sarcoma in the extremities or trunk wall from 2000 and onwards. By linking data to other registries, we were able to get patient information on an individual level including date and cause of death as well as the comorbidity type up to 10 years prior to the sarcoma diagnosis. Based on diseases in the Charlson C

SUBMITTER: Raedkjaer M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5995448 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature