Assessment of Nasopharyngeal Cancer in Young Patients Aged ≤ 30 Years.

ABSTRACT: Purpose: This study assessed the prognosis of young patients with nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC), both domestic and foreign, using data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database, a population-based database, and departmental records. Methods: Patients diagnosed with NPC from 2004 to 2016 in the SEER database were reviewed. Young patients aged ≤30 years when diagnosed, were compared with older patients. The medical records of patients with NPC aged ≤30 years in our own department were also reviewed. The prognostic effects of different variables, including age, sex, race, tumor stage, pathology, radiation, and chemotherapy were assessed by Kaplan-Meier and Cox analyses. Results: A total of 212 foreign and 257 domestic patients, with mean ages of 21.5 and 22.9 years and

SUBMITTER: Zhu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6851239 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature