Trends in survival from myeloma, 1990-2015: a competing risks analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Myeloma survival has greatly increased over past decades. We investigated trends in survival over time in New Zealand by age, ethnicity, and geography and thus examined potential inequalities among these population subgroups.

Methods

From data supplied by the New Zealand Ministry of Health, all new diagnoses of multiple myeloma (ICD-10 code C90) between 1990 and 2016 were extracted, as well as their matched mortality data. Cox's proportional hazards regression and competing risks regression were used to estimate multivariable survival functions.

Results

Between 1 January 1990 and 1 December 2015, 6642 myeloma cases were registered by the New Zealand Cancer Registry. Although survival from myeloma increased substantially from 1990-1994 to 2010-2015, 5-year s

SUBMITTER: Sneyd MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8283947 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature