Analysis of palliative care treatment among head and neck patients with cancer: National perspective
| Autor: | Nitin A. Pagedar, Zaid Al-Qurayshi, Kristi E. Chang, Christopher Blake Sullivan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Palliative care medicine.medical_treatment 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine medicine Humans 030223 otorhinolaryngology Survival analysis Aged Retrospective Studies Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck business.industry Palliative Care Hazard ratio Cancer Hypopharyngeal cancer medicine.disease Head and neck squamous-cell carcinoma United States Radiation therapy Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Neoplasms 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Carcinoma Squamous Cell business Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Head & Neck. 43:805-815 |
| ISSN: | 1097-0347 1043-3074 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND To analyze the characteristics and survival patterns of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) who received palliative treatment during their first course of treatment. METHODS Cohort analysis utilizing the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) of patients with a diagnosis of oral cavity/oropharyngeal, hypopharyngeal, and laryngeal SCC. Statistical analysis included multivariate logistic regression and Cox Hazard ratio modeling, and Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. RESULTS 165 081 patients were included, of which 2747 patients received palliative treatment. Patients who received palliative treatment tended to be ≥65 years old, black, Charlson/Deyo score ≥3, hypopharyngeal cancer, stage (III-IV), with Medicaid insurance (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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