Survivorship-competing mortalities, morbidities, and second malignancies Journal Article
| Authors: | Montero Miranda, P. H.; Ganly, I. |
| Article Title: | Survivorship-competing mortalities, morbidities, and second malignancies |
| Abstract: | Mortality of head and neck cancer has declined in the United States over the past 20years. This improvement has been linked to use of multimodality treatment of advanced disease. Despite this improvement, disease-specific survival remains low. Patients who survive head and neck cancer are exposed to morbidity and mortality secondary to the same factors as the general population. Factors related to cancer and cancer treatment predispose them to increased risk of mortality. Improvements in head and neck cancer treatment have led to a scenario where an increasing proportion of patients die from causes other than the primary cancer, called competing mortalities. © 2013 Elsevier Inc. |
| Keywords: | cancer survival; survival analysis; review; morbidity; smoking; cancer mortality; age; diet; body mass; head and neck cancer; comorbidity; second cancer; social aspect; gender; mouth cancer; ethnicity; oropharynx carcinoma; lifestyle; head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; papillomavirus infection; comorbidities; competing mortalities; cancer morbidity; domestic partnership |
| Journal Title: | Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America |
| Volume: | 46 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| ISSN: | 0030-6665 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Inc. |
| Date Published: | 2013-08-01 |
| Start Page: | 681 |
| End Page: | 710 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.otc.2013.04.008 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PUBMED: | 23910478 |
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| Notes: | --- - "Export Date: 4 September 2013" - "CODEN: OCNAB" - "Source: Scopus" |
