Noncancer mortality among adolescents and young adults with cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Relative to the general population, cancer patients and survivors may have an elevated risk of mortality from noncancer causes, such as cardiovascular disease and infections, but few studies have examined rates of noncancer mortality among patients diagnosed as adolescents and young adults (AYAs) (ages 15-39 years).

Methods

The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database was used to identify AYA patients who were diagnosed with a first malignant cancer between 1973 and 2015. Rates of mortality from noncancer causes among AYAs with cancer were compared with those in the general US population using standardized mortality ratios (SMRs), adjusted for age, sex, race, and calendar year.

Results

Among 235,541 AYAs with cancer, a total of 12,948 deaths fro

SUBMITTER: Anderson C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7001100 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature