Older patients more likely to die from cancer-related diseases than younger with stage IA non-small cell lung cancer: a SEER database analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Various reports showed some conflicting data on survival at different ages. This study aimed to investigate the main cause of death in older patients with lung cancer and to perform a comparison with younger patients in order to observe the differences between these two cohorts.

Methods

Outcomes of patients with stage IA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) ≤3 cm who underwent lobectomy without induction therapy in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-18 (SEER-18; January 2004 to December 2016) database were evaluated using multivariable Cox proportional hazards modeling and propensity score-matched analysis.

Results

A total of 16,672 eligible NSCLC cases were found in the SEER database. The number of patients aged ≤60, 61-70, and ≥71 years was 3,9

SUBMITTER: Ma H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9264095 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature