Cause of death and cause-specific mortality for primary liver cancer in South Korea: A nationwide population-based study in hepatitis B virus-endemic area.

ABSTRACT:

Background/aims

Primary liver cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer mortality worldwide. However, the causes of death have not been studied in detail in patients with liver cancer.

Methods

The causes of death and cause-specific mortality risks in patients with primary liver cancer, diagnosed during 2000-2016, were investigated using the nationwide population-based cancer registry data in South Korea (n=231,388). The cumulative incidence function and Fine-Gray models were used to estimate the cause-specific mortality under the competing risks. Risks of non-cancer deaths relative to the general population were compared by standardized mortality ratios (SMRs).

Results

Among 179,921 total deaths, 92.4%, 1.7%, and 6.0% of patients died of primary liver cancer, canc

SUBMITTER: Kim BH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9013615 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature