Prognostic factors in Asian and white American patients with cervical cancer, considering competing risks.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cervical cancer is the 2nd most common malignant tumour in women worldwide. Previous research studies have given little attention to its prognostic factors in the rapidly growing Asian American population. In the present study, we explored prognostic factors in Asian and white American patients with cervical cancer, considering competing risks.

Methods

The study included 58,780 patients with cervical cancer, of whom 54,827 were white and 3953 were Asian American, and for all of whom complete clinical information was available in the U.S. Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. Death from cervical cancer was considered to be the event of interest, and deaths from other causes were defined as competing risks. The cumulative incidence function and the F

SUBMITTER: Hou Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6588053 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature