The role of multimorbidity in short-term mortality of lung cancer patients in Spain: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Chronic diseases often occur simultaneously and tend to be associated with adverse health outcomes, but limited research has been undertaken to understand their role in lung cancer mortality. Therefore, this study aims to describe the prevalence and patterns of having one (comorbidity) or ≥ 2 chronic diseases (multimorbidity) among lung cancer patients in Spain, and to examine the association between comorbidity or multimorbidity and short-term mortality risk at six months after cancer diagnosis.

Methods

In this population-based cohort study, data were drawn from two Spanish population-based cancer registries, Girona and Granada, and electronic health records. We identified 1259 adult lung cancer patients, diagnosed from 1st January 2011 to 31st December 2012. We identif

SUBMITTER: Niksic M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8461961 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature